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Published in final edited form as: Altern Ther Health Med. 2005;11(1):58–64.

TABLE 3.

Composition of the Fecal Microflora in Subjects Fed Poi or No Poi (N=18; n=8 Initial Treatment Control, n=10 Initial Treatment Poi).

	Poi		Control
Fecal Microflora	Mean + SD (Log₁₀CFU/g)
	Before feeding	After feeding	Before feeding	After feeding
Bifidobacterium	5.46 + 0.70	6.45 + 0.83	5.25 + 0.28	6.19 + 0.81
Escherichia coli EC	5.57 + 0.63	6.26 + 1.40	5.83 + 0.80	6.46 + 0.92
Escherichia coli MK	5.61 + 0.62	6.65 + 0.64	5.76 + 0.69	6.24 + 0.89
Enterobacter	5.02 + 0.07	5.16 + 0.21	5.15 + 0.35	5.08 + 0.20
Klebsiella	5.05 + 0.12	5.26 + 0.42	5.20 + 0.48	5.15 + 0.34
Lactobacillus	6.11 + 0.66	6.95 + 0.63	5.85 + 0.66	6.71 + 0.59
Lactococcus	6.32 + 0.57	6.88 + 0.37	6.04 + 0.55	6.62 + 0.51
Total bacteria	6.42 + 0.58	7.09 + 0.37	6.26 + 0.76	7.12 + 0.51