Abstract:Rhizosphere bacteria, fungi and actinomyces were isolated from rich, normal, and poor soil samples from various types of tea plantations and their population densities and species distributions were studied. The results indicated that rich tea plantation soils had higher rhizosphere microbe population densities than poor tea plantation soils. In the tea plantations of similar fertility, the population density of rhizosphere bacteria varied with cultivation age of the plantations, following a pattern of 10 y...