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The syntrophic obligate proton-reducing bacterium Syntrophus buswellii DSM 102354 T , isolated from anaerobic digester sludge, degrades benzoate and possibly hydrocinnamate (phenyl-3-propionate) when grown with a suitable hydrogenotrophic partner. The complete genome sequence data provide insight regarding aromatic compound degradation under thermodynamically limiting conditions when exogenous electron acceptors are absent.
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