LOW TEMPERATURE AND VEGETATION EFFECTS ON THE SOIL BACTERIAL COMMUNITIES STRUCTURE IN HIGH MOUNTAINOUS AND COLD BIOTOPES IN KYRGYZSTAN

Tinatin DOOLOTKELDİEVA | Saykal BOBUŞOVA

It is well known that soil microorganisms play essential roles in the biogeochemical cycling of biogenic elements and soil-forming processes. However, little is known about the effect of the vegetation type on the bacterial community structures in soils from cold regions. For these reasons, we have analysed the bacterial communities of eight biotopes covered with different plants and two biotopes without vegetation in the Son-Kull Valley as the coldest corner in Kyrgyzstan. Using the culture-depended and culture-independent (16S rRNA gene sequencing) methods, we found 4 phylum (Actinobacteria- ...More