Complete denitration of nitroglycerin by bacteria isolated from a washwater soakway

Researchers have discovered that a strain of Rhodococcus can completely degrade nitroglycerin, removing all three nitrogen atoms. Pseudomonas putida, Arthrobacter sp., and Klebsiella sp. were also able to use nitroglycerin as their sole nitrogen source, but only Rhodococcus could remove all three nitrogen atoms.