The structure of the bacterial heterotrophic block in tundra soils of Yamal Peninsula

摘要

The tundra cryogenic soils of Yamal Peninsula have a high pool of prokaryote microorganisms characteristic of ecosystems where the environmental conditions are unfavorable for microbiological processes. The lowering of the cultivation temperature from 20 to 5A degrees C did not affect the number of bacteria and their taxonomic structure. Psychrotolerant gram-negative bacteria represented by oligotrophs and copiotrophs predominated in the bacterial communities. Among the bacteria of the hydrolytic block, only bacilli were isolated upon cultivation on the media. The species spectrum of the Bacillus genus was determined by the capability of its representatives for growth at low temperatures. The bacteria isolated from the cryogenic soils had a high nitrogenase activity, which increased under the lower cultivation temperature. This fact shows that the majority of the bacteria in tundra soils has adapted to functioning at low temperatures.