TABLE 2.

Correlation (R²) between the growth potential of the individual pathogens and the DOC and AOC concentration for the 19 water samples analyzed in this study^a

Parameter or pathogen	R2 value for:
	P. aeruginosa	V. cholerae	E. coli O157
DOC	0.03	0.12	0.24
AOC	0.51*	0.88*	0.55*
E. coli O157	0.47*	0.42*
V. cholerae	0.29
P. aeruginosa

^aDue to the very high concentration of assimilable organic carbon (AOC) and dissolved organic carbon (DOC), the results for raw wastewater were not included in the calculation of correlations. The correlations shown here are also shown in Fig. S2 to S4 in the supplemental material. Significant correlations (P < 0.01) are indicated by an asterisk.