Organism	Strain	Reference(s)	Comment(s)
Oceanimonas doudoroffii	JCM21046T	Numata, K., & Morisaki, K. (2015). Screening of Marine Bacteria To Synthesize Polyhydroxyalkanoate from Lignin: Contribution of Lignin Derivatives to Biosynthesis by Oceanimonas doudoroffii. ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering, 3(4), 569–573. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00031	-
Pandoraea norimbergensis	LD001	Bandounas, L., Wierckx, N. J., de Winde, J. H., & Ruijssenaars, H. J. (2011). Isolation and characterization of novel bacterial strains exhibiting ligninolytic potential. BMC Biotechnology, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6750-11-94	-
Sphingobium sp.	SYK-6	Katayama, Y., Nishikawa, S., Murayama, A., Yamasaki, M., Morohoshi, N., & Haraguchi, T. (1988). The metabolism of biphenyl structures in lignin by the soil bacterium (Pseudomonas paucimobilis SYK‐6). FEBS Letters, 233(1), 129–133. https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(88)81369-3; Masai, E., Sasaki, M., Minakawa, Y., Abe, T., Sonoki, T., Miyauchi, K., Katayama, Y., & Fukuda, M. (2004). A Novel Tetrahydrofolate-Dependent O -Demethylase Gene Is Essential for Growth of Sphingomonas paucimobilis SYK-6 with Syringate. Journal of Bacteriology, 186(9), 2757–2765. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.186.9.2757-2765.2004	-
Acetobacterium dehalogenans	MC	Kaufmann, F., Wohlfarth, G., & Diekert, G. (1998). O‐Demethylase from Acetobacterium dehalogenans: Cloning, sequencing, and active expression of the gene encoding the corrinoid protein. European Journal of Biochemistry, 257(2), 515–521. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1432-1327.1998.2570515.x	(anaerobically)
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	-
Rhizobium sp.	YS-1r	Jackson, C., Couger, M., Prabhakaran, M., Ramachandriya, K., Canaan, P., & Fathepure, B. (2017). Isolation and characterization ofRhizobiumsp. strain YS-1r that degrades lignin in plant biomass. Journal of Applied Microbiology, 122(4), 940–952. https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.13401	-
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	-
Acetobacterium woodii	NZva16	Bache, R., & Pfennig, N. (1981). Selective isolation of Acetobacterium woodii on methoxylated aromatic acids and determination of growth yields. Archives of Microbiology, 130(3), 255–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00459530	(anaerobically)
Clostridium methoxybenzovorans	SR3	Mechichi, T., Labat, M., Patel, B. K. C., Woo, T. H. S., Thomas, P., & Garcia, J. L. (1999). Clostridium methoxybenzovorans sp. nov., a new aromatic o-demethylating homoacetogen from an olive mill wastewater treatment digester. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, 49(3), 1201–1209. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-49-3-1201; 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	(anaerobically); (anaerobically)
Enterobacter sp.	DG-6	Grbić-Galić, D. (1985). Fermentative and oxidative transformation of ferulate by a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from sewage sludge. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 50(4), 1052–1057. https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.50.4.1052-1057.1985	(anaerobically)
Holophaga foetida	TMBS4	Bak, F., & Finster, K. (1993). Formation of Dimethylsulfide and Methanethiol from Methoxylated Aromatic Compounds and Inorganic Sulfide by Newly Isolated Anaerobic Bacteria. Biogeochemistry of Global Change, 782–795. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2812-8_41	(anaerobically)
Clostridium thermoaceticum	ATCC 39073	Daniel, S. L., Wu, Z., & Drake, H. L. (1988). Growth of thermophilic acetogenic bacteria on methoxylated aromatic acids. FEMS Microbiology Letters, 52(1–2), 25–28. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-6968.1988.tb02566.x	(anaerobically)
Petriellidium boydii	SP 31-4	Eriksson, K. E., Gupta, J. K., Nishida, A., & Rao, M. (1984). Syringic Acid Metabolism by Some White-rot, Soft-rot and Brown-rot Fungi. Microbiology, 130(10), 2457–2464. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-130-10-2457	-
Phialophora mutabilis	203-E-15-y-l	Eriksson, K. E., Gupta, J. K., Nishida, A., & Rao, M. (1984). Syringic Acid Metabolism by Some White-rot, Soft-rot and Brown-rot Fungi. Microbiology, 130(10), 2457–2464. https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-130-10-2457	-