Microbiological properties of soil in the area of the municipal waste dump for the Krakow agglomeration

The main aim of the research was the evaluation of the municipal waste dump impact on the quantity of bacteria and fungi in the soil environment in different distances from the collected waste. The field analyses were carried out for 12 months, from June to May, during 2 years. Analytical data show that 1 g of the soil’s dry mass, collected 1230 meters from the municipal waste dump Barycz contains: 27 630 to 4 223 860 cfu of vegetative forms of bacteria and 4580 to 1 806 110 cfu of the bacterial spores. Ratio of bacterial spores and vegetative cells was between 1.3 and 98.6 %. Microscopic fungi – Micromycetes (yeasts and filamentous fungi) occurred in quantities between 1180 and 229 630 cfu/g of the soil’s dry mass.