SCREENING OF MICROORGANISMS-DESTRUCTORS HYDROCARBONS OF PETROLEUM
From samples of oil polluted soils of the Astrakhan gas processing plant allocated 27 hydrocarbon isolates of microorganisms. Screening for the ability of microorganisms to the degradation of oil and the ability to emulsify oil and oil products, to produce exopolysaccharides and to be hydrophobic hydrocarbon oil. It is shown that the 18 isolated microorganisms possess high emulsifying activity against oil, kerosene and engine oil. Also selected 10 isolates with high levels of hydrophobicity of the cells (over 20 %) and 9 isolates - producers of hexosans. These isolates are also indigenous microorganisms of the microbiota of the region and can be used to provide a basis for developing biological products to bioremediation of oil polluted sites.