Table 7.

Count of total bacteria, P. aeruginosa and S. aureus of beef samples treated with ARLE on different storage days.

Storage time (days)	Control (log 10 CFU/g)	Treated beef samples with ARLE (log CFU/g)
		(6.25 mg/mL)			(12.5 mg/mL)
		Total bacteria	P. aeruginosa	S. aureus	Total bacteria	P. aeruginosa	S. aureus
0	3.25 ± 0.28 g	3.20 ± 1.22 g	0.86 ± 0.51 k	0.75 ± 0.6 l	3.12 ± 1.12 g	0.65 ± 0.61 m	0.62 ± 0.61n
3	4.22 ± 1.32f.	2.25 ± 0.89 h	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.0	2.15 ± 0.49 h	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
6	5.82 ± 1.26e	2.00 ± 1.61i	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.0	1.92 ± 1.31j	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
9	6.15 ± 1.45d	2.12 ± 0.99 h	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.0	2.00 ± 0.69i	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
12	8.72 ± 1.48c	2.18 ± 1.11 h	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.0	2.08 ± 1.00i	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
18	11.21 ± 1.15b	2.05 ± 1.35i	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.0	2.05 ± 1.15i	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00
21	13.78 ± 1.61a	2.00 ± 1.33i	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.0	1.92 ± 1.10j	0.00 ± 0.00	0.00 ± 0.00

The mean standard error of the experiment’s three replications is represented by each reported number for the viable bacterium count. Values with the same letter do not significantly differ from each other, according to ¹⁷, at a 5% level.