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. 2020 Apr 7;11(2):e00436-20. doi: 10.1128/mBio.00436-20

TABLE 2.

Concentrations of prokaryotic cells and virus-like particles in samples from each spring site as determined by SYBR gold staining and epifluorescence microscopy, and calculated virus-to-prokaryote ratiosa

Spring site Mean (± SD) no. of
cells/ml		 Mean (± SD) no. of
VLP/ml		 VPR
Ichetucknee 2.7 (± 0.65) × 103 1.9 (± 0.15) × 104 6.9
Jackson 2.2 (± 0.27) × 103 2.1 (± 0.23) × 104 9.7
Manatee 3.6 (± 0.89) × 103 9.5 (± 2.5) × 103 2.6
Rainbow 5.6 (± 1.7) × 103 2.5 (± 0.37) × 104 4.6
Volusia 3.4 (± 0.99) × 104 1.1 (± 0.28) × 105 3.2
a

VLP, virus-like particles; VPR, calculated virus-to-prokaryote ratio.