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Contemporary Problems of Ecology
Published in: Contemporary Problems of Ecology 1/2024

01-02-2024

Ecological Factors and Denitrifying Bacteria of Lake Baikal Epilithon

Authors: A. S. Gorshkova, G. V. Podlesnaya, N. A. Zhuchenko, I. V. Tikhonova, M. Yu. Suslova, Yu. R. Nebesnykh, E. A. Zimens, O. I. Belykh

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Abstract

Participating in the circulation of nutrients, epilithic biofilms play an important role in water bodies. Denitrification actively proceeds in the epilithon of water bodies. However, information on the environmental factors that affect the process in biofilms is still limited. The object of study in this article involves the number of cultivated denitrifying bacteria in biofilms formed on the stony substrates in different parts of the Lake Baikal littoral zone. It has been found out that the main factors explaining the differences in the number of cultivated bacteria who perform complete denitrification were the temperature and the concentration of total nitrogen in shallow water. This article shows that a lower amount of denitrifiers is typical for biofilms experiencing nitrogen deficiency, as is indicated by the low stoichiometric N : P ratio in biofilms. An uneven distribution of heavy metals in the biomass of epilithic biofilms has been determined. It also may potentially impact denitrification in the epilithon of Lake Baikal.
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Metadata
Title
Ecological Factors and Denitrifying Bacteria of Lake Baikal Epilithon
Authors
A. S. Gorshkova
G. V. Podlesnaya
N. A. Zhuchenko
I. V. Tikhonova
M. Yu. Suslova
Yu. R. Nebesnykh
E. A. Zimens
O. I. Belykh
Publication date
01-02-2024
Publisher
Pleiades Publishing
Published in
Contemporary Problems of Ecology / Issue 1/2024
Print ISSN: 1995-4255
Electronic ISSN: 1995-4263
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1134/S1995425524010049

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