The Breakdown of Naphthalene by a Soil Bacterium Free

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SUMMARY: A Gram-negative motile bacterium isolated from soil can grow with naphthalene as sole carbon source and produces from it --1:2-dihydro-1:2-dihydroxynaphthalene and salicylic acid.

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2024-03-29
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