Table 2.

Growth of the three different B. cereus strains in the food matrix prior to simulation of gastrointestinal passage; average values of independent experiments in triplicate expressed in log CFU/g ± standard deviation are presented

B. cereus strain	Time (h)
	0	22	24	26	28	30
B. cereus ATCC14579
Total count	5.8 ± 0.1	8.3 ± 0.6	8.4 ± 0.3	8.8 ± 0.2	8.8 ± 0.3	8.9 ± 0.2
Total B. cereus	5.7 ± 0.1	6.9 ± 0.1	6.9 ± 0.1	6.7 ± 0.3	7.2 ± 0.3	7.0 ± 0.2
B. cereus spores	< 2.0 ± 0.0	< 2.0 ± 0.0	< 2.0 ± 0.0	< 2.0 ± 0.0	< 2.0 ± 0.0	2.3 ± 0.6
B. cereus NVH 1230-88
Total count	5.9 ± 0.1	8.2 ± 0.2	8.4 ± 0.1	8.9 ± 0.0	8.9 ± 0.1	8.8 ± 0.2
Total B. cereus	6.2 ± 0.3	7.9 ± 0.2	8.2 ± 0.1	8.5 ± 0.2	8.3 ± 0.3	7.9 ± 0.1
B. cereus spores	3.5 ± 0.6	3.5 ± 0.2	3.3 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.6	3.3 ± 0.6	3.4 ± 0.6
B. cereus FF 73
Total count	5.7 ± 0.1	8.5 ± 0.1	8.7 ± 0.1	9.0 ± 0.0	9.0 ± 0.3	8.9 ± 0.3
Total B. cereus	5.7 ± 0.1	8.1 ± 0.2	8.0 ± 0.1	8.3 ± 0.1	8.2 ± 0.1	8.3 ± 0.2
B. cereus spores	3.8 ± 0.2	3.9 ± 0.4	3.9 ± 0.4	4.0 ± 0.5	4.0 ± 0.3	4.5 ± 0.1