Substrate	Reference(s)	Comment(s)
4-cresol	Otani, H., Lee, Y. E., Casabon, I., & Eltis, L. D. (2014). Characterization of p -Hydroxycinnamate Catabolism in a Soil Actinobacterium. Journal of Bacteriology, 196(24), 4293–4303. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.02247-14	-
4-hydroxybenzoic acid	Salvachúa, D., Karp, E. M., Nimlos, C. T., Vardon, D. R., & Beckham, G. T. (2015). Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria. Green Chemistry, 17(11), 4951–4967. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5gc01165e	-
alkali lignin	Salvachúa, D., Karp, E. M., Nimlos, C. T., Vardon, D. R., & Beckham, G. T. (2015). Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria. Green Chemistry, 17(11), 4951–4967. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5gc01165e	(from corn stover; ~25% lignin conversion, including Klason lignin and monomers)
catechol	Kasai, D., Araki, N., Motoi, K., Yoshikawa, S., Iino, T., Imai, S., Masai, E., & Fukuda, M. (2015). γ-Resorcylate Catabolic-Pathway Genes in the Soil Actinomycete Rhodococcus jostii RHA1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(21), 7656–7665. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02422-15	(Gamma-resorcylate)
ferulic acid	Sainsbury, P. D., Hardiman, E. M., Ahmad, M., Otani, H., Seghezzi, N., Eltis, L. D., & Bugg, T. D. H. (2013). Breaking Down Lignin to High-Value Chemicals: The Conversion of Lignocellulose to Vanillin in a Gene Deletion Mutant of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1. ACS Chemical Biology, 8(10), 2151–2156. https://doi.org/10.1021/cb400505a	-
kraft lignin	Sainsbury, P. D., Hardiman, E. M., Ahmad, M., Otani, H., Seghezzi, N., Eltis, L. D., & Bugg, T. D. H. (2013). Breaking Down Lignin to High-Value Chemicals: The Conversion of Lignocellulose to Vanillin in a Gene Deletion Mutant of Rhodococcus jostii RHA1. ACS Chemical Biology, 8(10), 2151–2156. https://doi.org/10.1021/cb400505a	-
p-coumaric acid	Salvachúa, D., Karp, E. M., Nimlos, C. T., Vardon, D. R., & Beckham, G. T. (2015). Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria. Green Chemistry, 17(11), 4951–4967. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5gc01165e	-
phenol	Otani, H., Lee, Y. E., Casabon, I., & Eltis, L. D. (2014). Characterization of p -Hydroxycinnamate Catabolism in a Soil Actinobacterium. Journal of Bacteriology, 196(24), 4293–4303. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.02247-14	-
resorcinol	Kasai, D., Araki, N., Motoi, K., Yoshikawa, S., Iino, T., Imai, S., Masai, E., & Fukuda, M. (2015). γ-Resorcylate Catabolic-Pathway Genes in the Soil Actinomycete Rhodococcus jostii RHA1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 81(21), 7656–7665. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.02422-15	-
vanillic acid	Salvachúa, D., Karp, E. M., Nimlos, C. T., Vardon, D. R., & Beckham, G. T. (2015). Towards lignin consolidated bioprocessing: simultaneous lignin depolymerization and product generation by bacteria. Green Chemistry, 17(11), 4951–4967. https://doi.org/10.1039/c5gc01165e	-
vanillin	Chen, H. P., Chow, M., Liu, C. C., Lau, A., Liu, J., & Eltis, L. D. (2012). Vanillin Catabolism in Rhodococcus jostii RHA1. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 78(2), 586–588. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.06876-11	-