Viable Pseudomonas poae and Clostridium estertheticum cell counts in planktonic cultures1,2,3
	No. of cells (log CFU/ml)
Genus	Inoculate C.ester at Day 4				Co-inoculate at Day 0
	Day 0	Day 4	Day 6	Day 8	Day 0	Day 2	Day 4
Pseudomonas poae	4.34±0.15 A	7.85±0.16 B	8.44±0.13 B	8.62±0.23 B	4.38±0.03 A	7.52±0.17 B	8.07±0.14 B
Clostridium estertheticum	ND	2.64	2.41	2.56	2.32	2.3	2.85
1 Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations. Values with different uppercase letters in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05).
2 ND, not detected.
3 The values for the Pseudomonas poae group represent two data replicates, while the values for the Clostridium estertheticum group represent one data replicate.