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The number and biomass of the microbial community in the upper humus horizon (0–20 cm) were determined in the main types of alluvial soils (mucky gley, desertified soddy calcareous, hydrometamorphic dark-humus soils) in the Volga River delta. Fungal mycelium and alga cells predominate in the biomass of the microorganisms (35–50% and 30–47%, respectively). The proportion of prokaryotes in the microbial biomass of the alluvial soils amounts to 2–6%. No significant seasonal dynamics in the number and biomass of microorganisms were revealed in the alluvial soils. The share of carbon of the microbial biomass in the total carbon content of the soil organic matter is 1.4–2.3% in the spring. High coefficients of microbial mineralization and oligotrophy characterize the processes of organic matter decomposition in the alluvial soils of the mucky gley, desertified soddy calcareous, and hydrometamorphic dark humus soil types.
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Original Russian Text © N.A. Sal’nikova, L.M. Polyanskaya, Z.N. Tyugai, A.N. Sal’nikoa, M.A. Egorov, 2009, published in Pochvovedenie, 2009, No. 1, pp. 64–70.
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Sal’nikova, N.A., Polyanskaya, L.M., Tyugai, Z.N. et al. Microbial communities of alluvial soils in the Volga River delta. Eurasian Soil Sc. 42, 56–61 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064229309010074
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