[Accumulation and precipitation of Mn2+ by the cells of Oscillatoria terebriformis].

The cyanobacterium Oscillatoria terebriformis was shown to exhibit resistance to high manganese concentrations, remaining viable at 2.5 mM MnCl2 in the medium. Cyanobacterial cells were capable of considerable manganese consumption from the medium.

[A laboratory model of the cyanobacterial mat from the Kotel'nikovskii hot spring (Baikal Region)].

A laboratory model of the cyanobacterial community of the Kotel'nikovskii hot spring (Baikal Region) was developed. A step-by-step description of the algocenosis formation along both the time and temperature gradient was given. The natural and laboratory mats were compared, and the major differences in the qualitative and quantitative composition of the cyanobacterial community were revealed.

[Transformation of carbonate minerals in a cyano-bacterial mat in the course of laboratory modeling].

A laboratory model of a cyano-bacterial mat with mineral layers of carbonates was used to examine the dynamics of the transformation of calcium-magnesium carbonate under the conditions of a soda lake. The activity of various organisms of the cyanobacterial community results in conditions under which the Ca-Mg carbonate precipitate undergoes changes. The crystal lattice of the initial carbonate is restructured; its mineralogical composition changes depending on the conditions of the mat.