The Breakdown of Naphthalene by a Soil Bacterium

Nicola Walker, G. H. Wiltshire

Journal of General Microbiology · 1953 · 85 citations · 9 references

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Abstract

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

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