Putative anaerobic phthalate degradation gene clusters. Locus tags are indicated for ‘A. aromaticum' EbN1 that are located on a plasmid. % identities (blastp) of the corresponding gene products are given compared with the products of ‘A. aromaticum' EbN1 genes 1–9 and a to c, respectively. Annotations of ‘A. aromaticum' EbN1 gene products: (1) hypothetical protein (2) TRAP transporter (3) periplasmic binding protein (4) type III CoA transferase subunit, (5) type III CoA transferase subunit, (6) UbiD-like (de)carboxylase, (7) UbiX-like protein, (8) iclR family transcriptional regulator, (9) Nudix family hydrolase; (a) ABC-type transporter periplasmic component, (b) ABC-type transporter ATPase component, (c) ABC-type transporter permease component. Gray-colored genes code for putative transposases/integrases. Black genes have no proposed function in anaerobic phthalate degradation. The end of scaffold is indicated by interrupted lines; //: 28.4 kb genomic separation.