Table 1 List of reported nicotine degrading strains

Commonly used strains

Enterobacter cloacae E-150

Tobacco leaves

–

–

[35]

Pseudomonas putida S16

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30 °C, pH 7.0, 13 h

4 g/L,

[36]

Ochrobactrum intermedium DN2

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30–37 °C, pH 7.0, 36 h

0.5 g/L,

[37]

Pseudomonas sp. Nic22

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30–34 °C, pH 6.5, 48 h

2.87 g/L

[38]

Agrobacterium sp. strain S33

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30 °C, pH 7.0, 3 h

1.5 g/L

[39]

Ochrobactrum sp. 4–40

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

–

–

[40]

Pseudomonas plecoglossicida TND35

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30 °C, pH 7.0, 12 h

3.0 g/L

[41]

Other bacterial species

Acinetobacter sp. DN12

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

28 °C, pH 6.0, 14 h

1.0 g/L

[96]

Acinetobacter sp. TW

Tobacco waste

30 °C, pH 7.0, 12 h

1.0 g/L

[97]

A. nicotianae K9

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30 °C, 64 h

1.0 g/l

[66]

Arthrobacter sp. HF-2

Tobacco waste

30 °C, pH 7.0, 43 h

0.7 g/L

[98]

Arthrobacter sp. M2012083

Tobacco waste

–

–

[99]

Arthrobacter sp. aRF-1

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30 °C, pH 7.0, 48 h

5.0 g/L

[100]

Arthrobacter sp. AH14

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

34 °C, pH 6.5, 120 h

6.0 g/L

[101]

Bacillus sp. J54

Tobacco leaves

–

–

[102]

Ensifer sp. N7

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

28 °C, pH 7.0, 48 h

3.35 g/L

[103]

Ochrobactrum sp. SJY1

Wastewater

30 °C, pH 7.0, 10 h

4.0 g/L

[104]

Paenarthrobacter nicotinovorans pAO1

–

125 h

3.4 g/L

[105]

Rhodococcus sp. Y22

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

28 °C, pH 7.0, 52 h

1.0 g/L

[106]

Pseudomonas sp. HF-1

Tobacco waste

30 °C, pH 6.5–7.5, 25 h

1.3 g/L

[63]

Pseudomonas sp. ZUTSKD

TWE

30 °C, pH 7.0, 12 h

1.55 g/L

[107]

Pseudomonas sp. HZN6

Sludge

30 °C, pH 7.0, 8 h

0.5 g/L

[108]

Pseudomonas sp. CS3

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30 °C, pH 7.0, 24 h

1.0 g/L

[75]

Pseudomonas sp. JY-Q

TWE

30 °C, pH 7.0, 24 h

5.0 g/L

[109]

Pseudomonas sp. S-1

Tobacco waste

30 °C, pH 7.0, 12 h

0.4 g/L

[110]

Pseudomonas sp. 41

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

30 °C, pH 6.4, 24 h

1.3 g/L

[56]

Pseudoxanthomonas sp. 5–52

Tobacco leaves

28 °C, pH 7.0, 28 h

1.0 g/L

[40]

Pseudomonas putida JQ581

Marine sediments

2 h

0.6 g/L

[111]

Pseudomonas geniculata N1

Tobacco waste

30 °C, pH 6.5, 6.5d

1.0 g/L

[112]

Pseudomonas fluorescens 1206

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

24 h

1.0 g/L

[113]

Pseudomonas stutzeri ZCJ

Tobacco leaves

37 °C, pH 7.4, 24 h

1.3 g/L

[79]

Pusillimonas sp. T2

Activated sludge

30 °C, pH 7.0, 8 h

0.5 g/L

[114]

P. putida J5

Tobacco leaves

30–34 °C, pH 6.5, 52 h

2.89 g/L

[115]

P. stutzeri

Tobacco leaves

37 °C, pH 7.5, 36 h

2.5 g/L

[79]

Sphingomonas melonis TY

Tobacco waste

30 °C, pH 7.0, 18 h

1.0 g/L

[97]

Shinella sp. HZN1

Activated sludge

30 °C, pH 7.0, 9 h

0.5 g/L

[116]

Shinella sp. HZN7

Sludge

30–35 °C, pH 6.5–8.0, 24 h

0.23 g/L

[116]

Sinorhizobium sp. 5–28

Tobacco rhizosphere soil

28 °C, pH 7.0, 28 h

1.5 g/L

[40]

Fungi

Aspergillus oryzae 112,822

Tobacco leaf

28 °C, pH 6.5, 40 h

2.19 g/L

[51]

Cunninghamella echinulata IFO-4444

–

13d

0.54 g/L

[117]

Pellicularia filamentosa JTS-208

Tobacco plant

20d

0.04 g/L

[117]

Microsporum gypseum

–

–

–

[16]