Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1819-7663 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1921 (Online)


iron- and manganese oxidizing bacteria

The Use of Microbial Indicators in Environmental Soil Monitoring of the City Mednogorsk

A microbiological indication of anthropogenic disturbed soils from the city Mednogorsk was carried out based on the evaluation of the number of heterotrophic, iron- and manganese-oxidizing bacteria. This study states a relationship between high levels of magnetism in these soil samples and high content of iron-oxidizing bacteria, indicating the possible use of this group of microorganism for monitoring heavy metal contaminated soils.