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	-
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	-
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	-
Ochrobactrum pseudogrignonense	A4.3	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	-
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	-
Pseudomonas alcaligenes	NCIMB 9867	Hopper, D. J., & Chapman, P. J. (1971). Gentisic acid and its 3- and 4-methyl-substituted homologues as intermediates in the bacterial degradation of m-cresol, 3,5-xylenol and 2,5-xylenol. Biochemical Journal, 122(1), 19–28. https://doi.org/10.1042/bj1220019; Gao, X., Tan, C. L., Yeo, C. C., & Poh, C. L. (2005). Molecular and Biochemical Characterization of the xlnD -Encoded 3-Hydroxybenzoate 6-Hydroxylase Involved in the Degradation of 2,5-Xylenol via the Gentisate Pathway in Pseudomonas alcaligenes NCIMB 9867. Journal of Bacteriology, 187(22), 7696–7702. https://doi.org/10.1128/jb.187.22.7696-7702.2005	-
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 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; 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	-