Table 2.

Summary of evidence for detoxifying microbes in the woodrat gut.

Microbial taxa	Woodrat species	Method of detection	Class of PSC that taxa is capable of degrading	Putative or demonstrated PSC metabolism in woodrats?	Citation for detection	Citation for microbial degradation ability (for putative only)
Coprococcus	N. bryanti, N. albigula	16S rRNA sequencing	Phenolics	Putative	Kohl et al., 2011; Miller et al., 2016	Patel et al., 1981
Lactobacillus	N. lepida, N. bryanti, N. albigula	16S rRNA sequencing	Phenolics	Putative	Kohl et al., 2011; Kohl and Dearing, 2012; Miller et al., 2016	Shimada et al., 2006
Oxalobacter	N. albigula	16S rRNA sequencing	Oxalate	Putative	Miller et al., 2014	Allison et al., 1985
Bacillus	N. lepida	Culture techniques	Phenolics (tannins)	Demonstrated	Kohl et al., 2016
Enterococcus	N. lepida	Culture techniques	Phenolics (tannins)	Demonstrated	Kohl et al., 2016
Escherichia	N. lepida	Culture techniques	Phenolics (tannins)	Demonstrated	Kohl et al., 2016
Clostridium	N. albigula	Culture techniques	Oxalate	Demonstrated	Miller et al., 2014
Enterococcus	N. albigula	Culture techniques	Oxalate	Demonstrated	Miller et al., 2014
Lactobacillus	N. albigula	Culture techniques	Oxalate	Demonstrated	Miller et al., 2014