Table 4.

Pathways used by microbial strains for the degradation of polyaromatic compounds.

Microbial strain	Isolation source	Mechanism/pathway for degradation	References
Thalassospira sp. strain TSL5-1	Coastal soil of Yellow Sea, China	Two pathways: salicylic acid and phthalate routes	Zhou et al., 2016
Acinetobacter sp. WSD	PAHs contaminated groundwater from a coal-mining area	Phthalic acid and Phenol, 2,5-bis(1,1-dimethylethyl) pathways	Shao et al., 2015
Pseudomonas sp. CES	PAHs contaminated area	Caffeine-degrading pathway	Yu et al., 2015
Amycolatopsis sp. Poz14	Oil-contaminated soil	Salicylic acid and phthalic acid pathways	Ortega-Gonzalez et al., 2015
P. chrysosporium	Pre-isolated obtained from, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Science	Manganese peroxidase (MnP) and lignin peroxidase (LiP) pathways	Wang et al., 2009
Pleurotus ostreatus, Collybia sp., Rhizoctonia solani and Trametes versicolor	Grassland soil	Ligninolytic enzymes production, MnP and laccase production	McErlean et al., 2006
Pseudomonas sp.	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon polluted soil	Salicylate and phthalate pathways	Jia et al., 2008
Arthrobacter sp.	Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon -contaminated site	Phthalic pathway is more expressed than the salicylate pathway	Seo et al., 2006
Cycloclasticus sp. P1	Deep sea sediments	Pyrene degradation pathway	Wang et al., 2018b
Bordetella avium MAM-P22	Petroleum refinery wastewater	Degradation of naphthalene by production of intermediate compounds i.e., 1,2-Benzene dicarboxylic acid, Butyl-2,4-dimethyl-2-nitro-4-pentenoate, 1-Nonen-3-ol, Eicosane, Nonacosane	Abo-State et al., 2018