Arthrobacter phenanthrenivorans is the type species of the genus, and is able to 
metabolize phenanthrene as a sole source of carbon and energy. A. 
phenanthrenivorans is an aerobic, non-motile, and Gram-positive bacterium, 
exhibiting a rod-coccus growth cycle which was originally isolated from a 
creosote polluted site in Epirus, Greece. Here we describe the features of this 
organism, together with the complete genome sequence, and annotation.