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Table 2.

Mutagenicity evaluation by the Ames test

	STDisc™ TA1535		STDisc™ TA1537			STDisc™ TA98		STDisc™ TA100
*sample*	*rev/plate* ^a	*result*	*rev/plate* ^a		*result*	*rev/plate* ^a	*result*	*rev/plate* ^a		*result*
blank	4 ± 3	not mutagenic		5 ± 3	not mutagenic	5 ± 3	not mutagenic		3 ± 3	not mutagenic
NC	3 ± 2	not mutagenic		4 ± 2	not mutagenic	2 ± 2	not mutagenic		4 ± 2	not mutagenic
PC1	922 ± 76	mutagenic		928 ± 76	mutagenic	921 ± 76	mutagenic		929 ± 76	mutagenic
PC2	847 ± 50	mutagenic		851 ± 50	mutagenic	844 ± 50	mutagenic		849 ± 50	mutagenic
TS	3 ± 2	not mutagenic		4 ± 2	not mutagenic	2 ± 2	not mutagenic		4 ± 2	not mutagenic

Number of revertants/plate: mean of three independent experiments ± SD, NC, negative control: aluminium oxide ceramic rod, PC1, positive control 1: ICR 191 Acridine, PC2, positive control 2: Sodium Azide, TS, tested sample: Ti implant