[Structure of bacterial complexes of the river Protva flood-plains]

The synecological analysis of bacterial communities from the Protva River flood-plain biogeocenosis showed that all of the horizons contain spirilla, which are typical hydrobionts, and pigmented coryneform bacteria associated with the herbaceous plants of the flood-plain meadows. The alluvial meadow soils of the inundated regions of the floodplain differed from the unflooded regions of the flood-plain in that they had a more diverse bacterial population continuously distributed over the soil profile.