SOILS OF EASTERN COAST OF BAIKAL LAKE AND THEIR ECOLOGIC-MICROBIOLOGIC CHARACTERISTIC
In this paper, we discuss new experimental data on the soils from eastern coast of the Baikal natural territory. We provide description of the soils, also the acid-alkaline conditions (from pH 5.1 to 7.9) and humus content (from 0.1 to 13.8%) were determined. The degree of biological activity determined by express method per-mitted categorizing soils as moderately and weakly active. We revealed a noticeable (on Chaddock’s scale) relationship of this activity with acid-alkaline conditions (R2 = 0.52). The quantitative-qualitative characteris-tics of soil microbiocoenoses were studied in details, revealing a high diversity of the main systematic groups of organisms. Qualitatively, the fugal component was very diverse. The specific feature of soils was the absence of the most common microscopic fungus Aspergillus niger, which is characteristic for the other Siberian soils. The investigated soils were found to be epidemiologically safe.