Table 2.

Colony count comparisons for P. aeruginosa (PA) and L. lactis (LL) at different time points after infection^a

Comparison	Hour	Bacteria	χ2-statistics	d.f.	P-value	Nemenyi
17–25–29	1.5	PA	1.312	2	0.519	ns
17–25–29	3	PA	6.249	2	0.044	17>29*
17–25–29	8	PA	62.66	2	<0.0001	17<25***
						17<29***
						25<29*
17–25–29	13	PA	82.32	2	<0.0001	17<25***
						17<29***
						25<29***
17–25–29	1.5	LL	1.753	2	0.416	ns
17–25–29	3	LL	29.08	2	0.011	25<29**
17–25–29	8	LL	77.86	2	<0.0001	17<25***
						17<29***
						25<29**
17–25–29	13	LL	75.77	2	<0.0001	17<25***
						17<29***
						25<29*

^aPair-wise comparisons using the Nemenyi test were conducted on the ranked data to determine if there were significant differences between the treatments.

^*P = 0.05.

^**P = 0.01.

^***P = 0.001.