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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Microbiol Methods. 2016 Aug 18;130:6–13. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.08.013

Table 1.

Bacillus anthracis Sterne Spore Recoveries from Sterilized Agvise Loam with Five Wash Procedure

Sample 1 2 3 Average Recovery Standard Deviation (SD) % SD Time Elapsed (Hours)
Washes Recovery Recovery Recovery
1 23.8% 29.1% 16.6% 23.2% 6.3% 27% 0.75
2 8.9% 3.9% 3.0% 5.3% 3.2% 60% 1.5
3 4.0% 1.2% 1.5% 2.3% 1.6% 69% 2.25
4 1.9% 0.9% 0.9% 1.2% 0.5% 45% 3
5 1.0% 0.4% 0.5% 0.6% 0.3% 56% 3.75
Total Recovery
39.6% 35.5% 22.5% 32.5% 9.0% 28%