ACTINOMYCETES-ANTAGONISTS ISOLATED FROM BULGARIAN SOILS.

A total of 1257 Actinomycetes strains, the majority of which of the albus, griseus and globisporus series, were isolated from 345 samples from the rhizosphere of various plants and soils. According to these observations the cultivation of the soil is not of paramount importance for the quantitative and species composition of the Actinomycetes. The determination of the antibacterial spectrum shows that 45% of the isolated strains have antagonistic properties with respect to Gram positive, Gram negative, acid fast bacteria, yeastlike fungi and moulds.