. 2021 Nov 15;13(22):3950. doi: 10.3390/polym13223950

Table 2.

Total number of K. xylinus cells and cellulose-deficient mutants of K. xylinus in H–S medium obtained in RMF-assisted EL-ALB and EL-ALB without RMF exposure (control).

		Cycle I	Cycle II	Cycle III
Total number of cells (log₁₀ CFU mL⁻¹)	RMF-assisted EL-ALB	10.41 ± 1.56 ^a	10.1 ± 1.88 ^a	10.07 ± 2.13 ^a
Total number of cells (log₁₀ CFU mL⁻¹)	EL-ALB	7.72 ± 1.25 ^b	-	-
Mutants (log₁₀ CFU mL⁻¹)	RMF-assisted EL-ALB	4.12 ± 0.57 ^a	4.20 ± 0.42 ^a	4.15 ± 0.53 ^a
Mutants (log₁₀ CFU mL⁻¹)	EL-ALB	2.24 ± 0.55 ^b	-	-
Mutants (% of control)	RMF-assisted EL-ALB	0.00012 ^a	0.00013 ^a	0.00011 ^a

The results are presented as a mean ± standard error of the mean (SEM). a, b—statistically significant difference between methods of inoculum preparation. The differences were considered statistically significant when the p-value was less than 0.05.