Complete genome sequence of strain EbN1 1 The genome sequence of an anaerobic aromatic-degrading denitrifying bacterium, strain EbN1 Ralf Rabus · Michael Kube · Johann Heider · Alfred Beck · Katja Heitmann · Friedrich Widdel · Richard Reinhardt Archive of Microbiology DOI 10.1007/s00203-004-0742-9 Received: 10 September 2004 Revised: 5 October 2004 Accepted: 8 October 2004 R. Rabus () · F. Widdel Max Planck Institut für Marine Mikrobiologie, Celsiusstrasse 1, 28359 Bremen, Germany e-mail: rrabus@mpi-bremen.de Tel.: +49-421-2028736, Fax: +49-421-2028580 M. Kube · A. Beck · K. Heitmann · R. Reinhardt Max Planck Institut für Molekulare Genetik, Ihnestrasse 73, 14195 Berlin, Germany J. Heider Universität Freiburg, Institut für Biologie II, Mikrobiologie, Schänzlestrasse 1, 79104 Freiburg, Germany Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Gerhard Gottschalk on the occasion of his 70 th birthday.