ASSESSMENT OF PATHOGENICITY OF SOIL FUNGI TRICHODERMA VIRIDE 505

Assessment of pathogenic properties of the soil antagonist fungus Trichoderma viride Pers was performed in vivisection on white mice model. During the experiments the LD50 of strain was established, followed by the study of pathological and bacteriological tests of the internal organs of laboratory animals. According to the results obtained, Trichoderma viride Pers 505 strain belongs to a group of the avirulent microorganisms, not capable to invade internal organs of studied warm-blooded animals and cannot be considered as pathogenic.