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Amount of bacteria in soil

Range	10^8 to 10^9 cfu/g soil
Organism	Biosphere
Reference	Topley and Wilson's Microbiology and Microbial Infections, Guy R. Knudsen, Bacteriology of soils and plants, p.2 left column 2nd paragraph
Primary Source	Metting, F.B. (ed.) 1993. Soil microbial ecology. New York: Marcel Dekker.
Comments	cfu=colony forming unit. Bacteria are usually the most numerous organisms in soils, with commonly as many as 10^8–10^9 cfu/g of soil (primary source).
Entered by	Uri M
ID	107505