. 2021 Oct 11;12:744953. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.744953

TABLE 1.

Statistical differences in heat resistance of B. licheniformis and B. cereus spores as affected by diverse concentrations of calcium and manganese.

Calcium (mM)	Manganese (mM)	D₁₀₀_°_C-value (min)^a
		*B. licheniformis*	*B. cereus*
0.00	0.00	5.07 ± 0.20^A,+	0.29 ± 0.01^A,+
	0.10	3.74 ± 0.21^DEF	0.26 ± 0.01^BC
	0.25	3.37 ± 0.24^FGH	0.25 ± 0.01^BC
	0.50	3.67 ± 0.12^DEFG	0.26 ± 0.00^BC
0.25	0.00	3.60 ± 0.38^DEFGH	0.25 ± 0.00^BCD
	0.10	2.36 ± 0.42^I	0.26 ± 0.00^BC
	0.25	3.79 ± 0.15^DE	0.24 ± 0.00^CD
	0.50	3.88 ± 0.15^D	0.26 ± 0.01^B
0.50	0.00	4.50 ± 0.29^B	0.26 ± 0.01^B
	0.10	3.41 ± 0.54^EFGH	0.23 ± 0.00^DE
	0.25	3.88 ± 0.13^DE	0.22 ± 0.00^EF
	0.50	3.30 ± 0.26^GH	0.23 ± 0.00^DE
1.00	0.00	3.80 ± 0.26^DE	0.22 ± 0.01^EF
	0.10	3.24 ± 0.15^H	0.23 ± 0.00^DE
	0.25	3.34 ± 0.13^FGH	0.25 ± 0.01^BC
	0.50	2.17 ± 0.04^I,*	0.25 ± 0.00^BC
2.00	0.00	4.03 ± 0.34^CD	0.21 ± 0.01^F,*
	0.10	3.30 ± 0.05^FGH	0.27 ± 0.00^B
	0.25	2.49 ± 0.11^I	0.26 ± 0.01^BC
	0.50	4.39 ± 0.16^BC	0.26 ± 0.01^BC

^aMean ± SD of independent experiments performed in triplicate.^A–IMean values in the same column that are not followed by the same letters are statistically different (p < 0.05); *the lowest D₁₀₀_°_C-value obtained; ⁺the highest D₁₀₀_°_C-value obtained.