TABLE 3.
Average percent recovery from positive controls
| Material | Avg % recoverya |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. anthracis Ames (n = 20) | G. stearothermophilus (n = 2) | B. anthracis NNR1Δ1 (n = 15) | B. anthracis Sterne (n = 15) | |
| Glass | 53.23 ± 15.22 | 76.87 ± 2.97 | 55.49 ± 22.6 | 13.66 ± 8.29 |
| Ceiling tile | 11.98 ± 2.44 | 0.40 ± 0.32 | 3.41 ± 1.52 | 12.35 ± 5.01 |
| Carpet | 87.46 ± 17.90 | 22.38 ± 1.62 | 70.85 ± 21.2 | 69.35 ± 15.13 |
| Painted wallboard paper | 35.65 ± 15.47 | 67.79 ± 43.27 | 42.18 ± 23.8 | 38.60 ± 4.10 |
| Bare pine wood | 7.33 ± 2.60 | 1.60 ± 0.63 | 6.86 ± 5.71 | 9.06 ± 3.05 |
| Unpainted concrete | 11.24 ± 7.76 | 12.42 ± 3.86 | 13.40 ± 7.09 | 5.96 ± 2.71 |
a
n, number of tests. Data are means ± SDs.