Areas of Bacterial Communities of Aquatic Mud Volcanic Depositions in Lake Baikal Region

Abstract

Abstract-In the Lake Baikal region, freshwater Baikal mega area and six spatially isolated areas of bacterial communities, localized in water reservoirs of mineralized waters of mud volcanic origin, have been identified. The fluid-dynamic factors of areal formation have been considered, and analysis has been conducted regarding the characteristics of prevailing and specific functional groups and the genera of microorganisms, representing bacterial communities.