Table 1 Examples of bacteria documented to have lignin-degrading capabilities

Acinetobacter sp.

Alkanes, wax esters

[32, 79, 80]

Bacillus sp.

Mixed aromatic monomers

[10, 25, 60, 81]

Citrobacter freundii

Phenols

[82]

Leucobacter sp.

[80, 83]

Nocardia sp.

Ferulic acid, vanillic acid

[84, 85]

Norosphingobium sp. B-7

Vanillic acid, p-hydroxy benzoic acid

[41, 86]

Propionibacterium sp.

[36]

Pseudomonas sp.

Polyhydroxyalkanoates

[80, 87, 88]

Rhodococcus jostii

Chloro-benzoate, vanillin

[32, 60, 89, 90, 154]

Serratia sp.

Propanoic acid, 2-methyl-2,3-dihydro-1-H-benz [g] indole

[66, 91, 92]

Stenotrophomonas sp.

[93, 94]

Streptomyces viridosporous

Acid-precipitable polyphenolic polymeric lignin

[83, 95, 96]