“…There are several sulphate-reducing bacteria able to reduce nitrate to nitrite (Marietou et al 2009;Moura et al 1997), but it appears that this is not a shared feature across the genus Desulfovibrio (Marietou et al 2009;Tarasova et al 2009). In contrast, the dissimilatory reduction of nitrite to ammonium seems to be widespread in Desulfovibrio, which can synthesise a very active, constitutive nitrite reductase (Marietou et al 2009;Moura et al 2007). To date, studies on nitrocellulose biodegradation have been performed on nitrocellulose powder, with a percentage of nitro groups of being more than 12%, the percentage generally used in the military sector (Auer et al 2005;Freedman et al 2002;Petrova et al 2002;Tarasova et al 2009;Tarasova et al 2004).…”