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. 2012 Oct;78(20):7369–7375. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02190-12

Table 3.

Concentrations of V. cholerae cells grown until late stationary growth phase (low rRNA content) and spiked into 1× PBS or into freshly collected lake water

Concn, scale (cells ml−1) Concn of cells (cells ml−1), spiked intoa:
 Recovery rate (%)
1× PBS
 Lake water
Mean SD Mean SD
∼104 15,721 200 15,408 243 98.0
∼103 1,680 80 1,619 91 96.1
∼102 179 18 171 18 92.7
a

SD, standard deviation.