TABLE 3.

Quantification of the 16S rRNA content of straw and soil samples incubated for 8 and 29 days by dot blot hybridization with probe Univ1392

Incubation time (days)	16S rRNA content (molecules/g of wet straw or soil) in samplea:
	I	II	III	IV	V
8	5.3 × 1010	7.8 × 1011	1.2 × 1012	2.4 × 1011	1.3 × 1011
29	3.6 × 1011	1.9 × 1012	7.8 × 1011	1.5 × 1011	7.4 × 1010

^aSamples are as defined in Materials and Methods.