Organism	Strain	Reference(s)	Comment(s)
Klebsiella pneumoniae	M5a1	Jones, D. C. N., & Cooper, R. A. (1990). Catabolism of 3-hydroxybenzoate by the gentisate pathway in Klebsiella pneumoniae M5a1. Archives of Microbiology, 154(5), 489–495. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00245233	-
Rhodotorula graminis	WP1	Durham, D. R., McNamee, C. G., & Stewart, D. B. (1984). Dissimilation of aromatic compounds in Rhodotorula graminis: biochemical characterization of pleiotropically negative mutants. Journal of Bacteriology, 160(2), 771–777. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.160.2.771-777.1984	-
Trichosporon cutaneum	CBS2466	Middelhoven, W. J. (1993). Catabolism of benzene compounds by ascomycetous and basidiomycetous yeasts and yeastlike fungi: A literature review and an experimental approach. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 63(2), 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00872388	-
Cupriavidus necator	JMP134	Pérez-Pantoja, D., De la Iglesia, R., Pieper, D. H., & González, B. (2008). Metabolic reconstruction of aromatic compounds degradation from the genome of the amazing pollutant-degrading bacteriumCupriavidus necatorJMP134. FEMS Microbiology Reviews, 32(5), 736–794. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6976.2008.00122.x	-
Pseudomonas putida	KT2440	Jiménez, J. I., Miñambres, B., García, J. L., & Díaz, E. (2002). Genomic analysis of the aromatic catabolic pathways from Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Environmental Microbiology, 4(12), 824–841. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1462-2920.2002.00370.x; Ravi, K., García-Hidalgo, J., Gorwa-Grauslund, M. F., & Lidén, G. (2017). Conversion of lignin model compounds by Pseudomonas putida KT2440 and isolates from compost. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 101(12), 5059–5070. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-017-8211-y	-
Aspergillus nidulans	FGSC A4	Martins, T. M., Hartmann, D. O., Planchon, S., Martins, I., Renaut, J., & Silva Pereira, C. (2015). The old 3-oxoadipate pathway revisited: New insights in the catabolism of aromatics in the saprophytic fungus Aspergillus nidulans. Fungal Genetics and Biology, 74, 32–44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fgb.2014.11.002	-
Amycolatopsis sp.	75iv2 (ATCC 39116)	Davis, J. R., Goodwin, L. A., Woyke, T., Teshima, H., Bruce, D., Detter, C., Tapia, R., Han, S., Han, J., Pitluck, S., Nolan, M., Mikhailova, N., Land, M. L., & Sello, J. K. (2012). Genome Sequence of Amycolatopsis sp. Strain ATCC 39116, a Plant Biomass-Degrading Actinomycete. Journal of Bacteriology, 194(9), 2396–2397. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.00186-12; Pometto III, A. L., Sutherland, J. B., & Crawford, D. L. (1981). Streptomyces setonii: catabolism of vanillic acid via guaiacol and catechol. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 27(6), 636–638. https://doi.org/10.1139/m81-097; Barton, N., Horbal, L., Starck, S., Kohlstedt, M., Luzhetskyy, A., & Wittmann, C. (2018). Enabling the valorization of guaiacol-based lignin: Integrated chemical and biochemical production of cis,cis-muconic acid using metabolically engineered Amycolatopsis sp ATCC 39116. Metabolic Engineering, 45, 200–210. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2017.12.001	-
Pseudomonas fluorescens	AN103	Paulsen, I. T., Press, C. M., Ravel, J., Kobayashi, D. Y., Myers, G. S. A., Mavrodi, D. V., DeBoy, R. T., Seshadri, R., Ren, Q., Madupu, R., Dodson, R. J., Durkin, A. S., Brinkac, L. M., Daugherty, S. C., Sullivan, S. A., Rosovitz, M. J., Gwinn, M. L., Zhou, L., Schneider, D. J., ... Loper, J. E. (2005). Complete genome sequence of the plant commensal Pseudomonas fluorescens Pf-5. Nature Biotechnology, 23(7), 873–878. https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt1110	-
Cryptococcus terreus	PB4	Bergauer, P., Fonteyne, P. A., Nolard, N., Schinner, F., & Margesin, R. (2005). Biodegradation of phenol and phenol-related compounds by psychrophilic and cold-tolerant alpine yeasts. Chemosphere, 59(7), 909–918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.011	-
Rhodotorula creatinivora	PB7	Bergauer, P., Fonteyne, P. A., Nolard, N., Schinner, F., & Margesin, R. (2005). Biodegradation of phenol and phenol-related compounds by psychrophilic and cold-tolerant alpine yeasts. Chemosphere, 59(7), 909–918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.011	-
Rhodosporidium lusitaniae	PB14	Bergauer, P., Fonteyne, P. A., Nolard, N., Schinner, F., & Margesin, R. (2005). Biodegradation of phenol and phenol-related compounds by psychrophilic and cold-tolerant alpine yeasts. Chemosphere, 59(7), 909–918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.011	-
Leucosporidium scottii	G43	Middelhoven, W. J. (1993). Catabolism of benzene compounds by ascomycetous and basidiomycetous yeasts and yeastlike fungi: A literature review and an experimental approach. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 63(2), 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00872388	-
Exophiala jeanselmei	CBS 658.76	Middelhoven, W. J. (1993). Catabolism of benzene compounds by ascomycetous and basidiomycetous yeasts and yeastlike fungi: A literature review and an experimental approach. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 63(2), 125–144. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00872388	-
Enterobacter aerogenes	L7	Deschamps, A. M., Mahoudeau, G., & Lebeault, J. M. (1980). Fast degradation of kraft lignin by bacteria. European Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 9(1), 45–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00500001	-
Aeromonas sp.	L17	Deschamps, A. M., Mahoudeau, G., & Lebeault, J. M. (1980). Fast degradation of kraft lignin by bacteria. European Journal of Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 9(1), 45–51. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00500001	-
Pseudomonas stutzeri	A1501	Li, D., Yan, Y., Ping, S., Chen, M., Zhang, W., Li, L., Lin, W., Geng, L., Liu, W., Lu, W., & Lin, M. (2010). Genome-wide investigation and functional characterization of the β-ketoadipate pathway in the nitrogen-fixing and root-associated bacterium Pseudomonas stutzeriA1501. BMC Microbiology, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-10-36	-
Rhodotorula ingeniosa	PB5	Bergauer, P., Fonteyne, P. A., Nolard, N., Schinner, F., & Margesin, R. (2005). Biodegradation of phenol and phenol-related compounds by psychrophilic and cold-tolerant alpine yeasts. Chemosphere, 59(7), 909–918. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.11.011	-
Acinetobacter radioresistens	S13	Mazzoli, R., Pessione, E., Giuffrida, M. G., Fattori, P., Barello, C., Giunta, C., & Lindley, N. D. (2007). Degradation of aromatic compounds by Acinetobacter radioresistens S13: growth characteristics on single substrates and mixtures. Archives of Microbiology, 188(1), 55–68. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00203-007-0223-z	-
Pseudomonas sp.	Isolate 9.1	Ravi, K., García-Hidalgo, J., Nöbel, M., Gorwa-Grauslund, M. F., & Lidén, G. (2018). Biological conversion of aromatic monolignol compounds by a Pseudomonas isolate from sediments of the Baltic Sea. AMB Express, 8(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13568-018-0563-x	-
Rhodosporidium toruloides	IFO0880	Yaegashi, J., Kirby, J., Ito, M., Sun, J., Dutta, T., Mirsiaghi, M., Sundstrom, E. R., Rodriguez, A., Baidoo, E., Tanjore, D., Pray, T., Sale, K., Singh, S., Keasling, J. D., Simmons, B. A., Singer, S. W., Magnuson, J. K., Arkin, A. P., Skerker, J. M., & Gladden, J. M. (2017). Rhodosporidium toruloides: a new platform organism for conversion of lignocellulose into terpene biofuels and bioproducts. Biotechnology for Biofuels, 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13068-017-0927-5	-
Sphingomonas aromaticivorans	F199	BALKWILL, D. L., DRAKE, G. R., REEVES, R. H., FREDRICKSON, J. K., WHITE, D. C., RINGELBERG, D. B., CHANDLER, D. P., ROMINE, M. F., KENNEDY, D. W., & SPADONI, C. M. (1997). Taxonomic Study of Aromatic-Degrading Bacteria from Deep-Terrestrial-Subsurface Sediments and Description of Sphingomonas aromaticivorans sp. nov., Sphingomonas subterranea sp. nov., and Sphingomonas stygia sp. nov.. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 47(1), 191–201. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-1-191	-
Marinobacterium georgiense	KW-40	GONZaLEZ, J. M., MAYER, F., MORAN, M. A., HODSON, R. E., & WHITMAN, W. B. (1997). Microbulbifer hydrolyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., and Marinobacterium georgiense gen. nov., sp. nov., Two Marine Bacteria from a Lignin-Rich Pulp Mill Waste Enrichment Community. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 47(2), 369–376. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-47-2-369	-
Pseudomonas putida	Perestelo isolate 3	Perestelo, F., Rodríguez, A., Pérez, R., Carnicero, A., de la Fuente, G., & Falcón, M. A. (1996). Short communication: Isolation of a bacterium capable of limited degradation of industrial and labelled, natural and synthetic lignins. World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology, 12(1), 111–112. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00327817	-
Acinetobacter calcoaceticus	DSM 586	Delneri, D., Degrassi, G., Rizzo, R., & Bruschi, C. V. (1995). Degradation of trans-ferulic and p-coumaric acid byAcinetobacter calcoaceticus DSM 586. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - General Subjects, 1244(2–3), 363–367. https://doi.org/10.1016/0304-4165(95)00021-3	-
Pseudomonas putida	mt-2	Murray, K., Duggleby, C. J., Williams, P. A., & Sala‐Trepat, J. M. (1972). The Metabolism of Benzoate and Methylbenzoates via the meta‐Cleavage Pathway by Pseudomonas arvilla mt‐2. European Journal of Biochemistry, 28(3), 301–310. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1432-1033.1972.tb01914.x	-
Burkholderia cepacia	ATCC 29351	Hamzah, R. Y., & Al-Baharna, B. S. (1994). Catechol ring-cleavage in Pseudomonas cepacia: the simultaneous induction of ortho and meta pathways. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 41(2), 250–256. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00186968	-
Acinetobacter baylyi	ADP1	Collier, L. S., Nichols, N. N., & Neidle, E. L. (1997). benK encodes a hydrophobic permease-like protein involved in benzoate degradation by Acinetobacter sp. strain ADP1. Journal of Bacteriology, 179(18), 5943–5946. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.179.18.5943-5946.1997	-
Burkholderia sp.	VE22	HARAZONO, K., YAMASHITA, N., SHINZATO, N., WATANABE, Y., FUKATSU, T., & KURANE, R. (2003). Isolation and Characterization of Aromatics-degrading Microorganisms from the Gut of the Lower TermiteCoptotermes formosanus. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 67(4), 889–892. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.67.889	-
Burkholderia cepacia	KK01	Kato, K., Kozaki, S., & Sakuranaga, M. (1998). Degradation of Lignin Compounds by Bacteria from Termite Guts. Biotechnology Letters, 20(5), 459–462. https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1005432027603	-
Rhodococcus erythropolis	TA421	Chung, S. Y., Maeda, M., Song, E., Horikoshij, K., & Kudo, T. (1994). A Gram-positive Polychlorinated Biphenyl-degrading Bacterium,Rhodococcus erythropolisStrain TA421, Isolated from a Termite Ecosystem. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 58(11), 2111–2113. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.58.2111; Chung, S. Y., Maeda, M., Song, E., Horikoshij, K., & Kudo, T. (1994). A Gram-positive Polychlorinated Biphenyl-degrading Bacterium,Rhodococcus erythropolisStrain TA421, Isolated from a Termite Ecosystem. Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry, 58(11), 2111–2113. https://doi.org/10.1271/bbb.58.2111	-
Rhodococcus opacus	PD630 (DSMZ 44193)	Henson, W. R., Campbell, T., DeLorenzo, D. M., Gao, Y., Berla, B., Kim, S. J., Foston, M., Moon, T. S., & Dantas, G. (2018). Multi-omic elucidation of aromatic catabolism in adaptively evolved Rhodococcus opacus. Metabolic Engineering, 49, 69–83. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ymben.2018.06.009	(sodium benzoate)
Rhodococcus rhodochrous	116	Karlson, U., Dwyer, D. F., Hooper, S. W., Moore, E. R., Timmis, K. N., & Eltis, L. D. (1993). Two independently regulated cytochromes P-450 in a Rhodococcus rhodochrous strain that degrades 2-ethoxyphenol and 4-methoxybenzoate. Journal of Bacteriology, 175(5), 1467–1474. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.175.5.1467-1474.1993	-
Acinetobacter junii	5ga	González, B., Acevedo, C., Brezny, R., & Joyce, T. (1993). Metabolism of chlorinated guaiacols by a guaiacol-degrading Acinetobacter junii strain. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 59(10), 3424–3429. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.59.10.3424-3429.1993	-
Azoarcus anaerobius	LuFRes1	Gorny, N., Wahl, G., Brune, A., & Schink, B. (1992). A strictly anaerobic nitrate-reducing bacterium growing with resorcinol and other aromatic compounds. Archives of Microbiology, 158(1), 48–53. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00249065	(anaerobically)
Desulfobacterium catecholicum	NZva20	Szewzyk, R., & Pfennig, N. (1987). Complete oxidation of catechol by the strictly anaerobic sulfate-reducing Desulfobacterium catecholicum sp. nov.. Archives of Microbiology, 147(2), 163–168. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00415278	(anaerobically)
Thauera aromatica	K172	Tschech, A., & Fuchs, G. (1987). Anaerobic degradation of phenol by pure cultures of newly isolated denitrifying pseudomonads. Archives of Microbiology, 148(3), 213–217. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00414814	(aerobically & anaerobically)
Thauera sp.	Cin3,4	Mechichi, T., Patel, B. K., & Sayadi, S. (2005). Anaerobic degradation of methoxylated aromatic compounds by Clostridium methoxybenzovorans and a nitrate-reducing bacterium Thauera sp. strain Cin3,4. International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation, 56(4), 224–230. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ibiod.2005.09.001	-
Rhodopseudomonas palustris	CGA001	Harwood, C. S., & Gibson, J. (1988). Anaerobic and aerobic metabolism of diverse aromatic compounds by the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodopseudomonas palustris. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 54(3), 712–717. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.54.3.712-717.1988	(anaerobically)
Cupriavidus pinatubonensis	1245	Sato, Y., Nishihara, H., Yoshida, M., Watanabe, M., Rondal, J. D., Concepcion, R. N., & Ohta, H. (2006). Cupriavidus pinatubonensis sp. nov. and Cupriavidus laharis sp. nov., novel hydrogen-oxidizing, facultatively chemolithotrophic bacteria isolated from volcanic mudflow deposits from Mt. Pinatubo in the Philippines. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 56(5), 973–978. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.63922-0	-
Pseudomonas plecoglossicida	G2	Chowdhury, S., Khanna, S., Verma, S., & Tripathi, A. (2004). Molecular diversity of tannic acid degrading bacteria isolated from tannery soil. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 97(6), 1210–1219. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02426.x	-
Haloferax sp.	D1227	Emerson, D., Chauhan, S., Oriel, P., & Breznak, J. A. (1994). Haloferax sp. D1227, a halophilic Archaeon capable of growth on aromatic compounds. Archives of Microbiology, 161(6), 445–452. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00307764	-
Rhodococcus erythropolis	1CP	Eulberg, D., Golovleva, L. A., & Schlömann, M. (1997). Characterization of catechol catabolic genes from Rhodococcus erythropolis 1CP. Journal of Bacteriology, 179(2), 370–381. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.179.2.370-381.1997	-
Desulfobacterium phenolicum	Ph01	Bak, F., & Widdel, F. (1986). Anaerobic degradation of phenol and phenol derivatives by Desulfobacterium phenolicum sp. nov.. Archives of Microbiology, 146(2), 177–180. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00402347	(anaerobically)
Comamonas testosteroni	BR6020	Providenti, M. A., Mampel, J., MacSween, S., Cook, A. M., & Wyndham, R. C. (2001). Comamonas testosteroni BR6020 possesses a single genetic locus for extradiol cleavage of protocatechuate The GenBank accession number for the sequence reported in this paper is AF305325.. Microbiology, 147(8), 2157–2167. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-147-8-2157	-
Sulfuritalea hydrogenivorans	sk43H	Sperfeld, M., Diekert, G., & Studenik, S. (2018). Anaerobic aromatic compound degradation in Sulfuritalea hydrogenivorans sk43H. FEMS Microbiology Ecology. https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiy199	(anaerobically)
Aromatoleum aromaticum	EbN1	Rabus, R., & Widdel, F. (1995). Anaerobic degradation of ethylbenzene and other aromatic hydrocarbons by new denitrifying bacteria. Archives of Microbiology, 163(2), 96–103. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00381782	(anaerobically)
Paraburkholderia aromaticivorans	AR20-38	Margesin, R., Volgger, G., Wagner, A. O., Zhang, D., & Poyntner, C. (2021). Biodegradation of lignin monomers and bioconversion of ferulic acid to vanillic acid by Paraburkholderia aromaticivorans AR20-38 isolated from Alpine forest soil. Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, 105(7), 2967–2977. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00253-021-11215-z	-