TABLE 1.
Inoculation concentration of bacteria and maximum concentration bioencapsulated
| Isolate and expt | Optical density at 610 nm | Inoculation concn of bacteria (CFU ml−1)a
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Minimum enrichment time | Maximum concn of bacteria bioencapsulated (CFU nauplius−1)b
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SE | Mean | SE | |||
| C7b | 45 min | |||||
| Expt 1 | 1.00 | 3.170 × 107 A | 1.915 × 105 | 2.70 × 103 | 1.22 × 102 | |
| Expt 2 | 1.20 | 3.485 × 107 B | 1.323 × 105 | 2.42 × 103 | 4.79 × 101 | |
| HL57 | 2 h | |||||
| Expt 1 | 1.00 | 1.487 × 108 C | 4.789 × 105 | 4.55 × 103 | 9.57 × 101 | |
| Expt 2 | 1.00 | 1.512 × 108 C | 1.109 × 106 | 4.77 × 103 | 4.79 × 101 | |
a
Concentration of bacteria inoculated into 200 ml of seawater to enrich Artemia nauplii. Values with the same letter are not significantly different (P < 0.05 by the Student-Newman-Keuls test).
b
Maximum concentration of bacteria that were bioencapsulated by the nauplii in the minimum time.