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Transect of 100 m through a field showing different land use management: unused meadow (m), allotment garden, and pasture. Bacterial spore content is expressed as equivalents of B. subtilis. Data represent mean values of triplicates. Carbon, hydrogen, and nitrogen content (in % of dry soil) was 4.5 ± 0.6, 0.7 ± 0.1, and 0.3 ± 0.1, respectively.
