Viable Pseudomonas poae and Clostridium estertheticum cell counts in planktonic cultures1,2,3
	No. of cells (log CFU/ml)
Genus	Inoculate C.ester on Day 4				Co-inoculate on Day 0
	Day 0	Day 4	Day 6	Day 8	Day 0	Day 2	Day 4
Pseudomonas poae	4.34±0.21	7.85±0.23	8.44±0.18	8.62±0.33	4.38±0.04	7.52±0.24	8.07±0.19
Clostridium estertheticum	N/A	3.06±0.59 A	3.19±1.10 A	3.09±0.75 A	2.66±0.47 A	2.81±0.71 A	3.63±1.10 A
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 N/A, not applicable.