| Viable Pseudomonas poae and Clostridium estertheticum cell counts in planktonic cultures1,2,3,4 | ||||||
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No. of cells (log CFU/ml)
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| Temperature Treatment |
Pseudomonas poae
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Clostridium estertheticum
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| Day 0 | Day 2 | Day 4 | Day 0 | Day 2 | Day 4 | |
| 80°C | ND | ND | ND | 3.93 | 4.18 | 4.37 |
| Room Temperature | 4.64±0.13 AB | 7.49±0.11 AB | 8.06±0.02 A | 2.37±2.37 B | 5.10±0.07 AB | 5±0.06 AB |
| 1 Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations. Values with different uppercase letters in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05). | ||||||
| 2 Detection limit: 1 log CFU/ml. | ||||||
| 3 ND, not detected. | ||||||
| 4 The values for the 80°C group represent one data replicate, while the values for the Room Temperature group represent two data replicates. | ||||||