Detection of Bacterial Endospores in Soil by Terbium Fluorescence

<table>Depth profiles (0 to 25 cm) of bacterial spore content (expressed as equivalents of <i>B. subtilis</i>) in soil from a pasture. Comparison between autoclaving (open bars) and microwaving (solid bars) in releasing dipicolinic acid (DPA). Bars represent mean values of triplicate samples. *Sample was lost during filtration step.</table>

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Figure 5: Detection of Bacterial Endospores in Soil by Terbium Fluorescence 