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Table 4.

Bacterial counts following exposure to increasing concentrations of the A. nodosum extracts in the pure culture growth assays (Least-square mean values with their standard errors).

A. nodosum Extract	Bacterial Strain	Final Bacterial Concentration (logCFU/mL)					SEM	Linear Effect p-Value	Quadratic Effect p-Value
A. nodosum Extract	Bacterial Strain	0 mg/mL ¹	0.25 mg/mL ¹	0.5 mg/mL ¹	1 mg/mL ¹	2 mg/mL ¹	SEM	Linear Effect p-Value	Quadratic Effect p-Value
ANWE	L. plantarum	7.55	7.17	6.89	6.96	7.10	0.101	<0.001	0.001
	L. reuteri	7.06	5.70	5.17	5.66	1.68	0.224	0.422	0.032
	B. thermophilum	6.67	6.82	6.97	7.24	7.26	0.128	0.002	0.050
	S. Typhimurium	9.09	9.15	9.16	9.20	9.36	0.066	0.001	0.950

ANEE	L. plantarum	7.22	7.75	7.90	7.81	7.97	0.123	0.005	0.132
	L. reuteri	7.12	6.07	5.92	4.78	1.43	0.172	<0.001	0.066
	B. thermophilum	6.80	6.71	5.92	4.51	2.80	0.368	<0.001	0.645
	S. Typhimurium	8.73	8.92	8.96	8.94	8.92	0.071	0.382	0.193

ANE1	L. plantarum	7.89	7.91	7.95	7.91	7.96	0.072	0.373	0.813
	L. reuteri	7.59	7.42	7.71	7.72	7.78	0.084	0.036	0.630
	B. thermophilum	6.57	6.55	6.46	6.24	5.63	0.150	<0.001	0.364
	ETEC	8.26	8.36	8.23	8.14	3.36	0.105	<0.001	<0.001
	S. Typhimurium	8.88	8.65	8.98	8.76	3.41	0.093	<0.001	<0.001

ANE2	L. plantarum	7.70	7.83	7.83	8.01	7.90	0.083	0.125	0.085
	L. reuteri	7.17	7.08	7.21	7.15	7.11	0.081	0.992	0.583
	B. thermophilum	6.69	6.56	6.69	6.26	5.62	0.052	0.423	0.016
	ETEC	8.42	8.96	8.87	8.56	7.44	0.143	0.033	0.001
	S. Typhimurium	8.94	9.06	9.08	8.96	8.79	0.067	0.011	0.117

ANE3	L. plantarum	7.87	7.88	7.90	7.93	7.92	0.058	0.488	0.690
	L. reuteri	7.31	7.37	7.34	7.24	7.28	0.099	0.217	0.531
	B. thermophilum	6.69	6.54	6.55	6.47	6.53	0.168	0.768	0.602
	ETEC	8.40	8.45	8.58	8.56	8.63	0.070	0.235	0.806
	S. Typhimurium	8.98	8.97	8.87	9.06	8.90	0.039	0.549	0.345

ANE4	L. plantarum	7.95	7.98	8.03	8.16	8.08	0.052	0.225	0.179
	L. reuteri	7.50	7.65	7.55	7.61	7.70	0.064	0.043	0.921
	B. thermophilum	6.48	7.01	7.13	7.35	7.37	0.112	<0.001	0.004
	ETEC	8.66	8.56	8.58	8.75	8.68	0.098	0.300	0.672
	S. Typhimurium	9.11	9.19	9.09	9.16	9.01	0.052	0.168	0.185

ANWE, A. nodosum water extract; ANEE, A. nodosum ethanol extract; ANE1–4, A. nodosum extract 1–4; CFU, colony-forming unit. ¹ The concentrations tested for each A. nodosum extract in the pure culture growth assays.