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. 2009 Oct 16;75(24):7870–7872. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01203-09

TABLE 1.

Required time taken for M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis to reduce alamarBlue

M. avium subsp. paratuberculosis cell concn (CFU/ml) Time (h) required to reach indicated % reductiona
10
 20
 40
 60
Cellular alamarBlue Cellular alamarBlue Cellular alamarBlue Cellular alamarBlue
3 × 108 24 6 24 6 24 24 24 24
6 × 107 24 6 24 24 24 48 96 24
1.2 × 107 24 24 96 24 96 24 144 48
2.4 × 106 96 6 96 48 120 48 N/A N/A
4.8 × 105 96 6 144 48 216 48 264 48
9.6 × 104 96 6 216 48 >264 N/A N/A N/A
a

N/A, not applicable.