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Twenty pure cultures isolated from formation waters of the Daqing oil field were studied with respect to their capacity to produce surface-active compounds in media with individual hydrocarbons, lower alcohols, and fatty acids. Aerobic saprotrophic bacteria belonging to the genera Bacillus, Brevibacillus, Rhodococcus, Dietzia, Kocuria, Gordonia, Cellulomonas, Clavibacter, Pseudomonas, and Acinetobacter decreased the surface tension of cultivation media from 55–63 to 28–44 mN/m. Strains of Bacillus cereus, Rhodococcus ruber, andBacillus licheniformis produced biosurfactants most actively. Bacteria of the genera Rhodococcus, Dietzia, Kocuria, and Gordonia produced exopolysaccharides in media with hydrocarbons. Culture liquids of the strains of R. ruberand B. licheniformis exhibited an oil-releasing effect. Thus, the Daqing oil field is inhabited by aerobic bacteria capable of producing effective oil-releasing agents.
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Nazina, T.N., Sokolova, D.S., Grigor'yan, A.A. et al. Production of Oil-Releasing Compounds by Microorganisms from the Daqing Oil Field, China. Microbiology 72, 173–178 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1023216014112
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