. 2026 Oct 9;17:1977402. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2026.1977402

Table 7.

Total fungal count (×10³ CFU/mL).

Code	Day 0	Day 2	Day 4	Day 6	Day 8	Day 10
NC	0.66^l ± 0.04	2.41^l ± 0.13	4.02^l ± 0.08	6.29^l ± 0.06	9.68^l ± 0.05	14.79^l ± 0.21
PC	0.57^f ± 0.02	1.63^f ± 0.03	1.99^f ± 0.02	2.59^f ± 0.03	3.04^f ± 0.57	3.08^f ± 0.06
T1	0.61^j ± 0.03	1.82j ± 0.06	2.37^j ± 0.04	2.42_j ± 0.03	3.47^j ± 0.06	4.52^j ± 0.08
T2	0.62^k ± 0.01	1.87^k ± 0.03	2.42^k ± 0.02	2.53^k ± 0.02	3.58^k ± 0.04	4.67^k ± 0.05
T3	0.58ⁱ ± 0.03	1.76ⁱ ± 0.03	2.26ⁱ ± 0.03	2.30ⁱ ± 0.12	3.20ⁱ ± 0.02	4.27ⁱ ± 0.04
T4	0.60^k ± 0.01	1.87^k ± 0.04	2.39^k ± 0.04	2.46^k ± 0.04	3.57^k ± 0.05	4.62^k ± 0.04
T5	0.56^g ± 0.02	1.69^g ± 0.04	2.12^g ± 0.04	1.95^g ± 0.04	2.77^g ± 0.06	3.54^g ± 0.03
T6	0.52^e ± 0.03	1.55^e ± 0.04	1.93^e ± 0.03	2.15^e ± 0.03	2.30^e ± 0.04	2.87^e ± 0.06
T7	0.57^h ± 0.02	1.74^h ± 0.03	2.18^h ± 0.03	2.18^h ± 0.03	3.09^h ± 0.04	4.05^h ± 0.05
T8	0.56^f ± 0.02	1.67^f ± 0.09	2.05^f ± 0.06	1.88^f ± 0.03	2.58^f ± 0.03	3.34^f ± 0.04
T9	0.61^g ± 0.02	1.69^g ± 0.03	2.09^g ± 0.02	1.95^g ± 0.05	2.77^g ± 0.03	3.57^g ± 0.06
T10	0.60ⁱ ± 0.03	1.78ⁱ ± 0.05	2.26ⁱ ± 0.04	2.25ⁱ ± 0.04	3.20ⁱ ± 0.05	4.20ⁱ ± 0.05
T11	0.52^c ± 0.03	1.51^c ± 0.05	1.82^c ± 0.05	1.96^c ± 0.02	2.16^c ± 0.03	2.72^c ± 0.03
T12	0.53d^e ± 0.02	1.57^de ± 0.03	1.89^de ± 0.05	1.66^de ± 0.02	2.24^de ± 0.04	2.98^de ± 0.04
T13	0.47^a ± 0.02	1.45^a ± 0.04	1.71^a ± 0.03	1.79^a ± 0.03	1.81^a ± 0.07	2.17^a ± 0.04
T14	0.52^cd ± 0.03	1.55^cd ± 0.03	1.90^cd ± 0.06	1.58^cd ± 0.04	2.17^cd ± 0.05	2.75^cd ± 0.04
T15	0.47^b ± 0.02	1.45^b ± 0.04	1.75^b ± 0.04	1.47^b ± 0.04	2.04^b ± 0.04	2.31^b ± 0.06
T16	0.51^de ± 0.04	1.55^de ± 0.03	1.87^de ± 0.06	1.63d^e ± 0.03	2.26^de ± 0.06	2.87^de ± 0.05

Mean ± SD; n = 3; Means with similar letter within the same column do not differ significantly (p ≤ 0.05), according to DMRT.