Table 1. Bacterial strains and their lignocellulose degrading characteristics for consortia development.

Isolate	Genus	Degradation potential
55S5	Bacillus	CMC*, FP*, Xyl*, Lig*
AS1	Pseudomonas	CMC, FP, Xyl, Lig
CH2OS1	Bacillus	CMC, FP, Lig
6S1	Bacillus	CMC, FP, Xyl
AS4	Microbacterium	CMC, Lig
AS2B	Exiguobacterium	CMC, Xyl
GH2OS1	Pseudomonas	CMC, Xyl
CDS2A	Chryseobacterium	CMC

*CMC, carboxymethyl cellulose; *FP, filter paper activity; *Xyl, xylanase; *Lig, lignin modification