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. 2014 Aug;80(16):5106–5115. doi: 10.1128/AEM.01042-14

TABLE 1.

Cell counts of S. aureus CIM433 (parental strain without sgfp plasmid), CIM433/pIF1 (sgfp without promoter), CIM433/pCM11 (sarA promoter-driven sgfp), and CIM433/pIF2 (sed promoter-driven sgfp) in shaking reconstituted milk without antibiotic for 24 ha

Time (h) Cell count on BHI (CFU/ml)
CIM433 CIM433/pIF1 CIM433/pCM11 CIM433/pIF2
0 1.2 × 106 1.2 × 106 1.1 × 106 1.3 × 106
2 3.0 × 107 3.5 × 107 2.0 × 107 3.2 × 107
4 3.5 × 108 2.3 × 108 1.4 × 108 1.9 × 108
6 2.3 × 108 3.1 × 108 1.7 × 108 2.5 × 108
24 3.2 × 108 4.1 × 108 2.2 × 108 3.4 × 108
a

Bacterial cultures were plated on BHI solid medium. Data are expressed as the means of two biological replicates.