Microorganisms for the production of aniline

A non-naturally occurring Escherichia coli, comprising an aniline pathway, said aniline pathway comprising an anthranilate synthase, a 3-dehydroquinate synthase, a 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase, a shikimate dehydrogenase or a quinate/shikimate dehydrogenase, a shikimate kinase, a 3-phosphoshikimate-1-carboxyvinyltransferase, a chorismate synthase and an anthranilate decarboxylase, wherein said non-naturally occurring Escherichia coli, comprises at least two exogenous nucleic acids, the two exogenous nucleic acids encoding enzymes selected from the group consisting of the 3-dehydroquinate synthase, the anthranilate synthase, the 3-dehydroquinate dehydratase, the shikimate dehydrogenase or the quinate/shikimate dehydrogenase, the shikimate kinase, the 3-phosphoshikimate-1-carboxyvinyltransferase, and the chorismate synthase, wherein an endogenous nucleic acid encodes the anthranilate decarboxylase, and wherein the aniline pathway enzymes are expressed in a sufficient amount to produce aniline.