TABLE 3.
Effects of detoxified and regular lipopolysaccharide on lag phases and the maximum specific growth rates of Megasphaera elsdenii T81 and Streptococcus bovis JB1 based on the prediction from logistic function
| Bacterium and parameter | Value with treatmenta |
SEM | P value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control | D-LPS | R-LPS | |||
| Megasphaera elsdenii T81 | |||||
| Lag, min | 181 | 172 | 158 | 24.1 | 0.15 |
| μmax, h−1 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.12 | 0.00 | 0.21 |
| Streptococcus bovis JB1 | |||||
| Lag, min | 293 A | 285 A | 251 B | 6.07 | <0.01 |
| μmax, h−1 | 0.67 C | 0.72 B | 0.77 A | 0.03 | <0.01 |
a
Control, control group (LPS-free anaerobic water); D-LPS, detoxified LPS (200,000 EU); R-LPS, regular LPS (200,000 EU). Least-squares means within the same row with different letters are significantly different (P < 0.05).