Table 2.
Minimum, maximum and mean 16S rRNA copy number of bacteria in feces of infants. Values expressed as log10.
| Bifidobacterium | Lactobacillus | Lactococcus | Escherichia coli | All bacteria | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| min. values | max values | average (SD) | min. values | max values | average (SD) | min. values | max values | average (SD) | min. values | max values | average (SD) | min. values | max values | average (SD) | |
| 2 d | ND | 11.18 | 10.9 (±1.27) | ND | 11.04 | 10.10 (±2.1) | ND | 7.74 | 7.16 (±0.52) | 8.53 | 11.14 | 10.48 (±1.37) | 9.76 | 14.12 | 13.13 (±1.28) |
| 7 d | ND | 12.98 | 12.06 (±1.78) | ND | 9.45 | 8.51 (±0.92) | ND | 8.08 | 7.38 (±0.97) | 6.33 | 10.16 | 9.75 (±1.46) | 10.37 | 12.56 | 12.19 (±0.88) |
| 1 mo | 10.09 | 12.08 | 11.68 (±1.54) | ND | 9.74 | 9.00 (±1.6) | ND | 7.95 | 7.75 (±0.39) | 6.51 | 10.52 | 9.98 (±1.28) | 10.76 | 13.25 | 12.57 (±0.88) |
| 3 mo | 10.00 | 12.81 | 11.98 (±0.87) | ND | 10.79 | 9.96 (±0.99) | 7.22 | 8.67 | 8.03 (±0.56) | 8.45 | 10.28 | 9.72 (±0.70) | 10.53 | 12.38 | 11.85 (±0.72) |
| 6 mo | ND | 12.06 | 11.25 (±0.82) | ND | 8.03 | 10.08 (±2.49) | ND | 12.06 | 7.69 (±0.20) | 8.18 | 10.18 | 9.02 (±0.72) | 9.87 | 12.54 | 11.74 (±0.85) |
| 12 mo | 8.43 | 12.03 | 11.42 (±1.05) | 5.95 | 10.34 | 9.64 (±1.47) | ND | 8.83 | 8.33 (±0.77) | 7.53 | 10.69 | 10.04 (±1.26) | 11.45 | 12.55 | 12.10 (±0.51) |
ND – not detected