Table 1.

Cells count as determined from FCM analysis of various amounts of sediment stained with SYBR Green I after simple sieving. Data are shown as the mean ± standard deviation of four replicates

Sediment amount applied for staining (× 10−3 cm3)	Cell count (× 108 cells cm−3)
0.1	2.01 ± 0.19
0.2	2.27 ± 0.14
0.5	2.16 ± 0.10
1	0.67 ± 0.07
2	0.34 ± 0.07
5	0.14 ± 0.01
10	0.02 ± 0.01
Membrane-based count	2.24