TABLE 2.
Ratio of viable plate counts to qPCR-based cell density estimates in the dialysis bag mesocosm experimentsa
| Isolate | Value for: |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 1 | Day 3 | Day 8 | Day | |
| MMH594 | 4.45 | 5.57 | 3.47 | 4.54 |
| ERV62 | 4.18 | 5.85 | 0.07 | 0.29 |
| TX0104 | 2.91 | 5.26 | 1.54 | 3.36 |
| MTUP9 | 2.59 | 3.19 | 1.07 | 0.74 |
| MTmid8 | 6.41 | 7.77 | 0.56 | 0.41 |
| AZ19 | 5.42 | 3.68 | 0.80 | 0.002 |
The 16S rRNA gene qPCR-based count estimates were converted to cells per milliliter assuming four copies of the rRNA gene operon per genome.