Table 2.

Number of bacterial isolates cultured from intact (week 0) and decaying Ascopyllum nodosum samples (week 2, week 4, and week 6), incubated at different temperatures, using the maceration isolation method and the ichip device.

Week 0	Week 2	Week 4	Week 6	ichip Isolation	Incubating Temperature
90	76	63	52	59	18 °C
	35	47	70	76	25 °C
	63	67	53	89	30 °C