Table 6.

Equivalences between methods^a

Unit (method)	Equivalent to:
	T (days)	qPCR (GE)	SD	CV (%)	VC (CFU)	SD	CV (%)
1 CFU (VC)	0	0.79	0.58	73.76	3.59 × 104	3.15 × 104	87.74
	7	0.23	0.16	72.27	2.62 × 106	2.95 × 106	112.67
	14	0.80	0.56	70.27	9.23 × 106	4.69 × 106	50.75
	21	5.70	6.28	110.32	5.53 × 106	6.99 × 106	126.36
	28	8.83	5.20	55.88	4.90 × 106	3.64 × 106	74.18
	35	17.23	9.53	55.34	2.60 × 106	1.54 × 106	59.24
	42	22.01	14.46	65.69	4.32 × 106	3.30 × 106	76.39
	49	19.64	12.70	64.69	3.15 × 106	2.53 × 106	80.38
	63	28.76	28.70	99.79	4.08 × 106	4.37 × 106	107.09
	98	24.51	19.31	78.78	3.88 × 106	2.88 × 106	74.38
	140	187.23	280.62	149.88	8.70 × 105	8.71 × 105	100.15
1 mg (wet wt)		2.03 × 104	1.39 × 104	68.59
		4.95 × 105	6.48 × 105	131.63
		6.78 × 106	3.84 × 106	56.59
		1.95 × 107	1.32 × 107	67.58
		3.36 × 107	1.31 × 107	38.90
		3.82 × 107	1.64 × 107	43.05
		5.95 × 107	1.82 × 107	30.56
		4.14 × 107	1.85 × 107	44.71
		5.87 × 107	2.15 × 107	36.61
		6.02 × 107	2.39 × 107	39.75
		5.39 × 107	2.67 × 107	49.55

^aEquivalences from the present study calculated as the mean for all strains for each time point.