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Equivalences between methodsa
| Unit (method) | Equivalent to: |
Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| VC (no. of bacteria) | qPCR (GE) | ||
| 1 mg (wet wt) | 3.75 × 106 ± 2.45 × 106 | 3.39 × 107 ± 2.35 × 107 | Present study |
| 5 × 106 | 12 | ||
| 3 × 107 | 9 | ||
| 107 | 8 | ||
| 1 McFarland unit (T)b | 1.3 × 107 ± 9.82 × 106 | 1.2 × 108 ± 4.5 × 107 | Present study |
| 108 | 11 | ||
Equivalences from the present study calculated as the mean for all strains from all time points and published equivalences from other studies.
Equivalents are per milliliter.
