Bacteria destructors of polychlorinated biphenyls from the soil with various level of pollution

The presence of a specific soil pollution, in particular the presence of halogenated aromatic compounds, led to the formation in the microbial communities of bacteria that can effectively decompose the substance of the "persistent organic pollutants" (POPs): strains of Rhodococcus sp. Ch628, Microbacterium oxydans B51 and Rhodococcus erytropolis B7a effectively degraded as individual PCBs, as well as their industrial mixtures. At the same time, in the soils sampled in an ecologically clean area (Republic of Buryatia), have not been identified active strains-destructors toxic compounds.