ABSTRACT
Growth of R-, S-, and M-dissociates of Rhodococcus rubropertinctus in mixed culture with R-, S-, and M-dissociates of Rhodococcus aeruginosa in comparison with rhodococcus monoculture cultivated on mineral nutrient medium with hexadecane has been studied. The amount of cells in the stationary growth phase has increased 10-15 times in comparison with the monoculture, and pseudomonads which dominated in population, in associations of M-dissociate of R. rubropertinctus with any dissociate of R. aeruginosa or two S-dissociates in the studied bacterial species. The emulsifying ability of the cells (maximal in R-dissociates), the synthesis of surface active compounds in pseudomonads, which is maximal in M-dissociate had the main influence on the growth of rhodococci on the nutrient medium with hydrocarbons.
