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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Feb 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Microbiol Methods. 2010 Dec 1;84(2):174–182. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2010.11.015

Table 1.

Comparison of the differences in mean total cell (cells/ml) and mean culturable cell (CFU/ml) counts between the oxygen stress and nutrient deprivation treatments before and after resuscitation.

Total Cells (cells/ml)
Time (h) Oxygen before R broth Nutrient before R broth P value Oxygen after R broth Nutrient after R broth P value
24 4.38 × 106 8.43 × 107 0.004 2.77 × 107 3.06 × 107 0.173
72 2.69 × 106 1.38 × 107 0.221 4.63 × 106 8.72 × 106 0.097
168 8.91 × 106 1.69 × 107 0.030 2.74 × 107 9.32 × 106 0.151
Viable Cells (CFU/ml)
Time (h) Oxygen before R broth Nutrient before R broth P value Oxygen after R broth Nutrient after R broth P value
24 nd Nd * 1.09 × 104 2.63 × 103 0.205
72 nd Nd * 1.31 × 104 nd 0.000
168 nd Nd * nd nd *
*

No difference between oxygen stress and nutrient deprivation treatments.

(nd) not detected.