Table 1.

Strain information, genome assembly and annotation statistics of the sequenced sphingomonads used in this study.

Strain	A. N.*	Size (bp)	No. of contigs	N50	GC%	Some compounds degraded	Isolation source	References
Novosphingobium resinovorum KF1	JFYZ01	6,304,486	115	171,782	65.06	2, 3, 4,6-tetrachlorophenol	Fluidized-bed reactor	Takeuchi et al., 2001
Sphingobium herbicidovorans NBRC16415	JFZA01	4,032,326	62	178,990	62.44	2, 4-dichlorophenoxyacetate	Soil	Zipper et al., 1996
Sphingobium yanoikuyae B1	JGVR01	5,683,787	116	158,314	63.94	Toluene, biphenyl	Polluted stream	Yabuuchi et al., 1990
Sphingomonas paucimobilis EPA505	JFYY01	4,874,185	81	285,203	63.93	Fluoranthene, naphthalene(s)	Creosote waste site	Muller and Wittmann-Liebold, 1997

^*A.N., Accession Number.