Table 1.

Effects of exogenous propionate on L. monocytogenes planktonic growth in BHI. Data shown here are averages of triplicates and represent at least two independent experiments. Asterisks denote significance difference between controls without propionate and samples with propionate. *, 0.05 > p > 0.01; **, 0.01 > p > 0.001; ***, p < 0.001.

	Aerobic	Aerobic +25 mM Propionate	Anaerobic	Anaerobic +25 mM Propionate
Doubling Time (Minutes) at 37 °C	78.06 ± 5.05	85.22 ± 4.83	73.51 ± 0.53	86.37 ± 4.96 *
Doubling Time (Minutes) at Room Temperature	170.60 ± 0.56	157.66 ± 2.11 **	119.48 ± 5.48	123.64 ± 10.84
Culture pH after Overnight Growth at 37 °C	5.28 ± 0.02	5.57 ± 0.01 ***	4.90 ± 0.02	5.29 ± 0.01 ***