Table 1.

Effect of PMAxx treatment in 10⁶ living or dead cells/mL of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Sc), Torulaspora delbrueckii (Td), Lachancea thermotolerans (Lt) and Metschnikowia pulcherrima (Mp). (a) Ct reduction was obtained by subtracting the mean Ct values obtained from PMAxx treatment of living or dead cells from the mean Ct values obtained from untreated cells. (b) Ct reduction was obtained by subtracting the mean Ct values of dead cells from those of living cells, with or without PMAxx treatment. The results are expressed as the mean ± SD. The significance level for the unpaired t-test was p < 0.05.

	(a) ΔCt (PMAxx Treated–Untreated Cells)			(b) ΔCt (Dead–Living Cells)
	Living Cells	Dead Cells	p Value	PMAxx	non-PMAxx	p Value
S. cerevisiae	2.003 ± 0.428	10.4 ± 1.558	0.001	15.42 ± 0.888	7.76 ± 1.447	0.018
T. delbrueckii	1.631 ± 1.040	5.566 ± 1.498	0.029	11.33 ± 1.736	7.392 ± 1.099	0.020
L. thermotolerans	2.171 ± 0.395	8.22 ± 0.310	0.010	13.46 ± 1.708	8.814 ± 0.3917	0.003
M. pulcherrima	0.5525 ± 0.665	4.834 ± 0.984	0.041	11.83 ± 1.170	7.548 ± 0.4837	0.036