The degree of pectinolytic, celulolytic, amylolytic and proteolytic enzymes activity as well as the ability to set in motion insoluble phosphates by the fluorescent bacilli of the genus Pseudomonas were evaluated. The bacteria were isolated from the rhizoplane of flax (Linum usitatissimum L.) grown in crop rotation and monoculture. None of the Pseudomonas isolates showed the enzymatic activity towards cellulose, while the other polysaccharides were hydrolyzed by all of them. Bacteria were most active towards protein. Their antagonistic properties towards selected pathogenic fungi isolated from the same environment were also evaluated. Isolates of the genus Pseudomonas were tested towards selected fungal pathogens. All of them inhibited the development of fungi, though to different extent.

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