The environmental conditions and distribution of alkaliphilic bacteria-destructors in mineral lakes of Transbaikalia and Mongolia plateau

Dominant ions in the lakes of Transbaikalia and Mongolian plateau are found to be sodium and chlorine ions. Among bacteria-destructors the most numerous are proteolytic bacteria. The optimum pH values for the cumulative cultures bacteria-destructors coincide with the values ofpH in the natural samples of the lakes under vestigation.