[Microbiological characteristics of Lake Turali]

The Turali Lake is a salt-water reservoir. The high salt content of water and ooze determine the microflora of the lake. The total bacterial number is lower in the summer than in the winter when the salt concentration in the lake decreases. The highest number of bacteria and sapropnytes is found in the spring. As a result of the high salt concentration in the water and ooze of the Turali Lake, the following physiological bacterial groups are partly or entirely absent: Azotobacter, Clostridium pasteurianum, hydrocarbon-oxidizing, methanol-producing and sulphate-reducing bacteria.