Endophytic bacteria exhibit a wide biotechnological potential, not limited to the plant growth promotion, and often also described by their bioremediation capacity. These microorganisms participate from the hydrocarbon degradation and other organic pollutants, to heavy metals remediation, elevating significantly the efficiency of phitoremediation systems. The aim of this study was to evaluate qualitatively the hydrocarbon degradation capacity and phenol tolerance by endophytic bacteria from bamboo. For the hydrocarbon degradation screening, it was performed tests in microplates with the microbial cultivation using each one of the following compounds as a sole carbon source: diesel oil, gasoline, kerosene, burned oil, lubricants (20W40, 20W50, 5W50 and 15W40). For phenol tolerance analysis, the endophytic were cultivated in mineral minimum solid medium, using phenol as the sole carbon source in three concentrations: 50, 100 and 150 mg/L. For the 21 evaluated bacterial isolates, one isolate (7F) presented the fuel degradation capacity (diesel oil, gasoline and kerosene), and two isolates (9F and 6F) exhibited partial degradation capacity. The vegetal oil degradation was observed for three isolates (6F, 7F and 9F) and partially for the isolate 10F. The degradation for the tested lubricants was observed partially for one isolate (7F), with the partial degradation for 5W50 and 15W40 oils by the 8F isolate. Fifteen isolates were tolerant to phenol in all the analyzed concentrations. The results suggest a potential application of the endophytic bacterial isolates in bioremediation process.