Substrate	Reference(s)	Comment(s)
3-methoxybenzoic acid	Eggeling, L., & Sahm, H. (1980). Degradation of coniferyl alcohol and other lignin-related aromatic compounds by Nocardia sp. DSM 1069. Archives of Microbiology, 126(2), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00511219	-
4-hydroxybenzoic acid	Kosa, M., & Ragauskas, A. J. (2011). Bioconversion of lignin model compounds with oleaginous Rhodococci. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 93(2), 891–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3743-z	-
base-catalyzed depolymerized lignin	Ravi, K., Abdelaziz, O. Y., Nöbel, M., García-Hidalgo, J., Gorwa-Grauslund, M. F., Hulteberg, C. P., & Lidén, G. (2018). RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bacterial conversion of depolymerized Kraft lignin. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1240-7	-
coniferyl alcohol	Kosa, M., & Ragauskas, A. J. (2011). Bioconversion of lignin model compounds with oleaginous Rhodococci. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 93(2), 891–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3743-z; Eggeling, L., & Sahm, H. (1980). Degradation of coniferyl alcohol and other lignin-related aromatic compounds by Nocardia sp. DSM 1069. Archives of Microbiology, 126(2), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00511219	-
guaiacol	Ravi, K., Abdelaziz, O. Y., Nöbel, M., García-Hidalgo, J., Gorwa-Grauslund, M. F., Hulteberg, C. P., & Lidén, G. (2018). RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bacterial conversion of depolymerized Kraft lignin. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1240-7	-
kraft lignin	Wei, Z., Zeng, G., Huang, F., Kosa, M., Huang, D., & Ragauskas, A. J. (2015). Bioconversion of oxygen-pretreated Kraft lignin to microbial lipid with oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus DSM 1069. Green Chemistry, 17(5), 2784–2789. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5gc00422e	(Oxygen-pretreated)
maize straw	Trojanowski, J., Haider, K., & Sundman, V. (1977). Decomposition of 14C-labelled lignin and phenols by a Nocardia sp.. Archives of Microbiology, 114(2), 149–153. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00410776	-
organosolv lignin	Wells, T., Wei, Z., & Ragauskas, A. (2015). Bioconversion of lignocellulosic pretreatment effluent via oleaginous Rhodococcus opacus DSM 1069. Biomass and Bioenergy, 72, 200–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biombioe.2014.11.004	(lignocellulosic pretreatment effluent)
p-anisic acid	Eggeling, L., & Sahm, H. (1980). Degradation of coniferyl alcohol and other lignin-related aromatic compounds by Nocardia sp. DSM 1069. Archives of Microbiology, 126(2), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00511219	-
vanillic acid	Kosa, M., & Ragauskas, A. J. (2011). Bioconversion of lignin model compounds with oleaginous Rhodococci. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 93(2), 891–900. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-011-3743-z	-
vanillyl alcohol	Ravi, K., Abdelaziz, O. Y., Nöbel, M., García-Hidalgo, J., Gorwa-Grauslund, M. F., Hulteberg, C. P., & Lidén, G. (2018). RETRACTED ARTICLE: Bacterial conversion of depolymerized Kraft lignin. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-018-1240-7	-
veratric acid	Eggeling, L., & Sahm, H. (1980). Degradation of coniferyl alcohol and other lignin-related aromatic compounds by Nocardia sp. DSM 1069. Archives of Microbiology, 126(2), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00511219	-