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. 2007 Jun 15;73(16):5253–5260. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00554-07

TABLE 1.

Distribution of E. coli O157 concentrations in fecal samples in experiment 1

E. coli O157 concn range (log10 CFU/g) (no. of samples) Mean original concn (CFU/g) (SD) Mean transformed concn (log10 CFU/g) (SD)
1 to 2 (3) 46 (18) 1.63 (0.20)
2 to 3 (13) 497 (281) 2.62 (0.28)
3 to 4 (23) 4,730 (2,871) 3.59 (0.29)
4 to 5 (18) 28,561 (16,337) 4.40 (0.22)
5 to 6 (2) 175,996 (75,189) 5.22 (0.19)
Overall (59) 16,635 (35,036) 3.58 (0.88)