K M Yen et al.
Critical reviews in microbiology, 15(3), 247-268 (1988-01-01)
In pseudomonads, naphthalene is catabolized in a series of reactions to salicylic acid, which is further degraded via the catechol meta-cleavage, ortho-cleavage, or gentisic acid pathway to Krebs cycle intermediates. The naphthalene catabolic genes have been located on self-transmissible plasmids