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The number, potential viability, and taxonomic diversity (at the level of phylum) of the filterable forms of prokaryotes (FFP) are estimated in the main genetic horizons of high-moor peat. It was shown that the number of FFP reached 500 million cells in 1 g, i.e., up to 5% of the general size bacteria. The portion of viable cells among FFP (93–98%) was higher than that for the general size bacteria (60–68%). FISH-analysis (fluorescence in situ hybridization) showed that FFP contained the same phylogenetic groups as the population of general size bacteria (domain Archea and phylum Actinobacteria, Cytophaga, and Proteobacteria of the domain Bacteria).
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Original Russian Text © L.V. Lysak, E.V. Lapygina, M.S. Kadulin, I.A. Konova, 2014, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2014, No. 3, pp. 241–245.
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Lysak, L.V., Lapygina, E.V., Kadulin, M.S. et al. Number, viability, and diversity of the filterable forms of prokaryotes in sphagnous high-moor peat. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 41, 228–232 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359014030066
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