Research progress of microbial decomposition of nitroglycerine and nitrocellulose

The substances containing nitrate ester groups，nitroglycerine（NG）and nitrocellulose（NC），which are widely used in military industries，are the products synthesized from organic hydroxyl group and nitric acid. Because they do not exist in nature and have potential danger for explosion，they can not be discharged directly to the environment. Microbes，which decompose the material in biochemical cycle in nature，have obvious effects on the decomposition of nitrate ester materials. The research progress of microbial decomposition of NG and NC is presented.