Organism	Strain	Reference(s)	Comment(s)
Rhodococcus erythropolis	A5.1	Taylor, C., Hardiman, E., Ahmad, M., Sainsbury, P., Norris, P., & Bugg, T. (2012). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin from screening of environmental samples. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(3), 521–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05352.x	-
Sphingobium sp.	SYK-6	Masai, E., Katayama, Y., Kawai, S., Nishikawa, S., Yamasaki, M., & Morohoshi, N. (1991). Cloning and sequencing of the gene for a Pseudomonas paucimobilis enzyme that cleaves beta-aryl ether. Journal of Bacteriology, 173(24), 7950–7955. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.173.24.7950-7955.1991	-
Phanerochaete chrysosporium	ATCC 34541	Hiratsuka, N., Oyadomari, M., Shinohara, H., Tanaka, H., & Wariishi, H. (2005). Metabolic mechanisms involved in hydroxylation reactions of diphenyl compounds by the lignin-degrading basidiomycete Phanerochaete chrysosporium. Biochemical Engineering Journal, 23(3), 241–246. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bej.2005.01.008	-
Sphingobacterium sp.	T2	Taylor, C., Hardiman, E., Ahmad, M., Sainsbury, P., Norris, P., & Bugg, T. (2012). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin from screening of environmental samples. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(3), 521–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05352.x	-
Micrococcus luteus	E1.1	Taylor, C., Hardiman, E., Ahmad, M., Sainsbury, P., Norris, P., & Bugg, T. (2012). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin from screening of environmental samples. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(3), 521–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05352.x	-
Microbacterium phyllosphaerae	A1.1	Taylor, C., Hardiman, E., Ahmad, M., Sainsbury, P., Norris, P., & Bugg, T. (2012). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin from screening of environmental samples. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(3), 521–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05352.x; Taylor, C., Hardiman, E., Ahmad, M., Sainsbury, P., Norris, P., & Bugg, T. (2012). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin from screening of environmental samples. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(3), 521–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05352.x	-
Ochrobactrum rhizosphaerae	C4.1	Taylor, C., Hardiman, E., Ahmad, M., Sainsbury, P., Norris, P., & Bugg, T. (2012). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin from screening of environmental samples. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 113(3), 521–530. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2672.2012.05352.x	-
Serratia sp.	JHT01	Tian, J. H., Pourcher, A. M., & Peu, P. (2016). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin and lignin-related compounds. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 63(1), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.12581	-
Serratia liquefaciens sp.	PT01	Tian, J. H., Pourcher, A. M., & Peu, P. (2016). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin and lignin-related compounds. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 63(1), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.12581	-
Pseudomonas chlororaphis subsp. aureofaciens	PT02	Tian, J. H., Pourcher, A. M., & Peu, P. (2016). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin and lignin-related compounds. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 63(1), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.12581	-
Stenotrophomonas sp.	PT03	Tian, J. H., Pourcher, A. M., & Peu, P. (2016). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin and lignin-related compounds. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 63(1), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.12581	-
Mesorhizobium sp.	PT04	Tian, J. H., Pourcher, A. M., & Peu, P. (2016). Isolation of bacterial strains able to metabolize lignin and lignin-related compounds. Letters in Applied Microbiology, 63(1), 30–37. https://doi.org/10.1111/lam.12581	-
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	-
Trichosporon mucoides	SBUG 80	Sietmann, R., Hammer, E., Specht, M., Cerniglia, C. E., & Schauer, F. (2001). Novel Ring Cleavage Products in the Biotransformation of Biphenyl by the Yeast Trichosporon mucoides. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 67(9), 4158–4165. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.67.9.4158-4165.2001	-