Table 2.

Percentage of growth inhibition of S. aureus in gamma irradiated FD-DHM samples. Growth inhibition measured by comparison to optimal growth in LB broth, and measured after inoculation at the time points 0, 6, and 24 hours. Values are the means ± SD of 2 biological replicates.

	Raw	HoP	FD	FD + HoP	Infant Formula	2 kGy	5–50 kGy
6	94.9 ± 0.8	67.7 ± 12.5	97.8 ± 1.0	90.7 ± 4.2	91.4 ± 2.0	99.7 ± 0.3	100 ± 0.0
24	100.0 ± 0.0	96.3 ± 1.4	99.9 ± 0.0	98.6 ± 0.2	96.7 ± 0.5	100 ± 0.0	100 ± 0.0