Abstract:Objective: To find the development rules of microbial community in rhizoma sphere of the cultivated Atractylodes lancea. Method: Total bacteria, fungi and actinomyces were counted by CFU·g-1 though dilution plate method. And genomic DNA of microbes were extracted and amplified by primers of E. coli’s 27f and 1 492r to get the 16S rDNA, then the restriction endonuclease Hinf was used to digest the 16S rDNA. Result: Total bacteria, fungi and actinomyces in 2-year old soil were lower than in 1-year old soil, they decreased 46.14%, 49.25%, 31.88% respectively and made the ratio of themselves changed. At the same time, all the 8 soil samples got fine 16S rDNA bands, which were about 1 500 bp. And the main bands of most of the samples were found at 1 000 bp,but the weak bands of each were different although most bands in the same year samples were more similar than in different year ones. Conclusion: It is indicated that the change of soil microbial community may has some relation to the continous cropping barrier of A. lancea. .