Degradation of I‐Naphthol by a Soil Pseudomonad

摘要

A soilPseudomonassp. grew with 1‐naphthol as sole organic carbon source and produced a 3,4‐dihydro‐dihydroxy‐1(2H)‐naphthalenone as the main early intermediary metabolite. Washed 1‐naphthol‐grown organisms oxidized naphthalene, 1‐ or 2‐naphthol, salicylic acid and, to some extent, 2,3‐di