NDO	Naphthalene dioxygenase
E. coli	Escherichia coli
GC	Gas chromatography
GC-FID	Gas chromatography with flame ionization detector
GFP	Green fluorescent protein
FACS	Fluorescence-activated cell sorting
MS	Mass spectrometry
HPLC	High-performance liquid chromatography
LC	Liquid-chromatography
DESI	Desorption electrospray ionization
NMR	Nuclear magnetic resonance
NIR	Near infrared
ROs	Rieske non-heme iron-dependent oxygenases
PTFE	Polytetrafluoroethylene
wt	Wild-type cells
empty	Empty-vector cells
pDTG141	The NDO-containing plasmid used in this work