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. 2019 Oct 1;9(5):579–586. doi: 10.31661/jbpe.v0i0.1106

Table 3.

Effects of 2.4 GHz Wi-Fi radiofrequency radiation on metabolic activity and biofilm formation of E. coli, S. aureus, and S. epidermis.

		control	Exposed	P-value
E. coli 0157H7	Cell metabolic activity	1.018±0.023	2.432±0.102	0.002^*
E. coli 0157H7	Biofilm formation	1.009±0.080	1.413±0.203	0.042^*
*Staphylococcus aureus*	Cell metabolic activity	1.026±0.081	3.323±0.280	0.004^*
*Staphylococcus aureus*	Biofilm formation	1.053±0.068	1.918±0.223	0.022^*
*Staphylococcus epidermis*	Cell metabolic activity	1.327±0.304	3.024±0.267	0.036^*
*Staphylococcus epidermis*	Biofilm formation	1.020±0.027	1.506±0.062	0.007^*

Each value is the mean ±SD.

^*

statistically significant (p<0.05)