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. 2025 Jan 3;11(2):e41651. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2025.e41651

Table 2.

Lignocellulolytic microbes and their roles in straw recycling.

Sr. No. Lignocellulose-degrading microbes Origin of isolation/substrate Enzymes Activities References
1 Clostridium hungatei Decomposition of wood in the soil Cellulases, nitrogenases, and xylanases Digestion of cellulose or D-glucose and nitrogen fixation [187]
2 Paenibacillus polymyxa Degradation of corn roots Cellulases, xylanases, lignin laccases, peroxidases, and nitrogenase Degradation of lignocellulose biomass [188]
3 Lactobacillus plantarum Wheat straw Cellulases Degradation of lignocellulose biomass [189]
4 Pseudomonas fluorescens Carbohydrate biomass/lignin biomass Cellulases, xylanases, lignin laccases, and peroxidases Degradation of cellulose and hemicellulose [190]
5 Penicillium chrysogenum Lignocellulose biomass Cellulases and hemicellulases Enhances glucan (37 %) and xylan (106 %) hydrolysis [191]
6 Achromobacter xylosoxidans Rice and corn bran, sugarcane bagasse, rice straw, and sawdust β-glucosidases, endoglucanases, and endoxylanases Higher cellulase activity (512.98 U/gds) on corn bran compared to other straws [192]
7 Joostella marina, Pseudomonas putida, Flavobacterium beibuense wheat straw Ligninases Degradation of lignocellulose under saline conditions [193]
8 Bacillus paranthracis, Bacillus paramycoides Bacillus paranthracis, Neobacillus fumarioli waste landfill cellulase Degradation of lignocellulose biomass [194]
9 Aspergillus fumigatus Rice straw Endoglucanase, xylanase, and laccase Degradation of lignocellulose [195]
10 Cellvibrio japonicus MOPS minimal media with phosphate and glucose Mannobiohydrolase, α-galactosidase, and mannosidase Degradation of galactomannan and hemicellulose [196]
11 Microbial consortium (Sphingobacterium paramultivorum w15, Coniochaeta sp. 2T2.1, and Citrobacter freundii so4) wheat straw Arabinoxylanase Degradation of hemicellulose [197]