“…It is hence no surprise that this ecological niche was occupied by microorganisms that have evolved genes and pathways to utilize this compound to sustain cell growth. Bacteria that have evolved NIC degradation pathways include strains of Paenarthrobacter [103,104], Arthrobacter [105][106][107], Pseudomonas [108][109][110][111][112][113][114][115][116][117], Agrobacterium [118,119], Nocardioides [120,121], Ochrobactrum [122][123][124], Shinella [125,126], Acinetobacter [127,128], Bacillus [129,130], Sphingomonas [131,132], Pusillimonas [133], Rhodococus [121,134,135], and Ensifer [15,136].…”