The Water Cycle, a Potential Source of the Bacterial Pathogen Bacillus cereus

Table 2

Selected physicochemical and microbiological characteristics of the soil layers sampled in this study.

Depth of soil sampling (cm)	October 2011		April 2012
	SIR-microbial biomass (μg C g^−1 soil)	Humidity; (% g DW soil)^*	SIR-microbial biomass; (μg C g^−1 soil)	Humidity; (% g DW soil)	(mg kg^−1 soil)	pH-water
0–2	90	5.5	202	3.7	83.9	8.29
2–10	67	15.3	150	16.7	88.9	8.44
10–20	56	16.2	163	17.4	89.7	8.52
20–30	36	16.7	165	18.6	73.4	8.38
30–60	ND	ND	22	20.1	61.9	8.46
60–90	ND	ND	10	17.8	51.5	8.61

DW: dry weight.