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The effectiveness of using a new biopreparation for the decomposition of wheat straw, which consists of cellulolytic bacteria CA3 and CU6 and strains-antagonist of the phytopathogenic fungi Pseudomonas laurentiana ANT 17 and Paenibacillus peoriae ANT 13, has been studied. AND 17 and ANT 13 additionally have growth-stimulating activity and the ability to mobilize inorganic phosphates. The greatest degree of decomposition of straw was observed when combined the biopreparation and ammonium nitrate (50.8% versus 25.2% in the control). At the end of the field experiment carrots were grown in soil with decomposed straw. When biopreparation and ammonium nitrate were used for straw processing, the weight of the carrot root crop was 14.4% more than in the control, and the diameter of the root was 55.6% bigger.

Biological remediation of agricultural soils contaminated with oil is complicated by the presence of residual amounts of chemical plant protection products, in particular, herbicides, which, like oil, negatively affect the soil microbiome and plants. In this work, we studied five strains of bacteria of the genera Pseudomonas and Acinetobacter, which exhibited a high degree of oil biodegradation (72–96%). All strains showed resistance to herbicides based on 2,4-D, imazethapyr and tribenuron-methyl, the ability to fix nitrogen, phosphate mobilization, and production of indole-3-acetic acid. The presence of pollutants affected the growth-stimulating properties of bacteria in different ways. The most promising strain P. citronellolis N2 was used alone and together with oat and lupine plants for soil remediation of oil, including herbicide-treated oil-contaminated soil. Combined contamination was more toxic to plants and soil microorganisms. Bacterization stimulated the formation of chlorophyll and suppressed the synthesis of abscisic acid and malonic dialdehyde in plant tissues. The combined use of bacteria and oat plants most effectively reduced the content of hydrocarbons in the soil (including in the presence of herbicides). The results obtained can be used to develop new methods for bioremediation of soils with polychemical pollution. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]