Physico-chemical and Bacteriological Characterization of the Soil Types from Various Altitudinal Vegetation Zones in Par�ng Mountains

Abstract

There were collected soil samples from various vegetation sites and altitudinal vegetation zones of the Par�ng Mountains, from the South-Eastern part of the Hunedoara county, and they were analysed from the physico-chemical and bacteriological point of view. The chemical analyses consisted in the appreciation of the reaction of the soil (pH), in establishing the humus and total nitrogen content. According to these analyses, the soil is generally acid and presents normal nitrogen content. In order to establish the soil type and classes existing in the Par�ng Mountain, the chemical analyses were completed with physical analyses of the soil texture sampled from various altitudinal zones, determining the following soil classes: the Umbrisol Class, the Spodisol Class, the Cambisol Class and the Protisol Class. The bacteriological analyses consisted in the study of the abundance, of the dynamics, diversity and ecological significance on the groups of bacteria involved in the biogeochemical cycles of nitrogen (aerobic mesophilic heterotrophs, ammonifiers, denitrifiers, nitrate bacteria and nitrite bacteria and aerobic, free, nitrogen fixing-bacteria from Azotobacter genus) from the mountainous soils. Based on the obtained results there was also calculated the bacterial indicator of the soils biological quality (BISQ) for each type of soil in each altitudinal vegetation zones.