Аннотация:Classical fluorescent microscopy method was used during the last decades in various microbiological studies of
terrestrial ecosystems. The method provides representative results and simple application which is allow to use it
both as routine part of amplitudinous research and in small-scaled laboratories. Furthermore, depending on research
targets a lot of modifications of fluorescent microscopy method were established. Combination and comparison of
several approaches is an opportunity of quantitative estimation of microbial community in soil.
The first analytical part of the study was dedicated to soil bacterial density estimation by fluorescent microscopy
in dynamic of several 30-days experiments. The purpose of research was estimation of changes in soil bacterial
community on the different soil horizons under aerobic and anaerobic conditions with adding nutrients in two
experimental sets: cellulose and chitin. Was modified the nalidixic acid method for inhibition of DNA division
of gram-negative bacteria, and the method provides the quantification of this bacterial group by fluorescent microscopy.
Established approach allowed to estimate 3-4 times more cells of gram-negative bacteria in soi