TABLE 4.
Internal potassium contents of three strains of C. jejuni in culturable and VBNC cell suspensions in the microcosm water system
| C. jejuni strain | Internal K+ concn in cells (mmol liter−1) ona:
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 0 (culturable cells)b | Day 1 | Day 15 (VBNC cells) | Day 30 (VBNC cells) | |
| Bf | 115.0 ± 3.1 | 65.3 ± 1.2 | 21.2 ± 0.7 | 2.3 ± 0.4 |
| 85 | 124.0 ± 2.5 | 65.0 ± 2.8 | 6.3 ± 0.2 | 1.5 ± 0.3 |
| 79 | 170.1 ± 5.2 | 70.5 ± 2.8 | 3.6 ± 0.2 | 1.7 ± 0.5 |
a
Three measurements were obtained. The values are means ± standard deviations.
b
Measurements were obtained immediately after cells were suspended in the microcosm water system.