Table 4.

Descriptive statistics of microbiological parameters (1).

Group	Time	Total Bacteria Count	AAE	PG	TF	TD	PI	FN
		Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean	Mean
		(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)	(SD)
Control	T₀	9,225,901.65 (15,558,308.5) ^a	0.83 (2.20) ^a	1053.05 (1842.44) ^a	8416.22 (13584.71) ^a	5505.00 (18730.81) ^a	8295.00 (28278.05) ^a	15,792.48 (25232.49) ^a
	T₁	9,986,050.23 (7,074,899.18) ^a	0.64 (2.61) ^a	2567.22 (6425.14) ^a	21,956.85 (65,796.72) ^a	2959.11 (5366.56) ^a	14,227.38 (52,965.73) ^a	17,811.83 (20,803.62) ^a
	T₂	8,502,000.00 (3,858,474.75) ^a	1.05 (2.14) ^a	1695.80 (794.89) ^a	4099.00 (1993.82) ^a	4651.00 (2158.87) ^a	13,304.81 (53,130.25) ^a	6275.86 (17,221.46) ^a
Trial	T₀	6,732,956.50 (15,565,648.5) ^a	1315.00 (5669.24) ^a	13,634.51 (21,032.74) ^a	77,338.46 (179,432.46) ^a	7023.45 (17,331.05) ^a	26,163.01 (78,205.03) ^a	22,547.43 (73,550.18) ^a
	T₁	3,577,611.70 (12,004,436.6) ^a	2300.00 (10,074.20) ^a	9933.55 (26,547.19) ^a	14,984.63 (31,781.70) ^a	5189.00 (13,216.46) ^a	22,916.50 (58,000.75) ^a	24,758.25 (81,217.50) ^a
	T₂	6,038,339.10 (14,922,620.2) ^a	2045.00 (8933.82) ^a	4362.55 (7230.12) ^a	62,514.97 (250,286.56) ^a	5095.50 (20,882.84) ^a	24,086.56 (51,657.98) ^a	24,483.45 (43,599.34) ^a

For each variable tested, groups with the same letter (a) show no significantly different means between them.