TABLE 2.

B. subtilis counts in feces from inbred mice orally inoculated with 5.97 × 10⁸ spores of SC1712 in experiment 2

Time (h)	Countsa in mouse:
	1	2	3	4
6	1.15 × 105	1.85 × 108	1.75 × 103	3.55 × 103
12	6.5 × 106	3.0 × 108	1.7 × 108	2.7 × 108
18	3.85 × 108	2.4 × 108	6.04 × 108	4.69 × 108
24	2.6 × 109	1.18 × 109	7.3 × 108	8.3 × 108
36	8.0 × 108	3.55 × 106	1.2 × 109	1.34 × 108
48	6.72 × 107	1.04 × 108	2.58 × 107	1.43 × 108
72	8.83 × 106	1.12 × 107	4.91 × 106	9.54 × 106
96	5.93 × 106	3.79 × 105	3.22 × 105	8.99 × 106
120	7.14 × 105	8.62 × 105	2.12 × 105	2.38 × 105
144	1.21 × 104	1.27 × 104	6.9 × 103	8.3 × 103
170	6.6 × 104	1.47 × 104	2.48 × 104	1.01 × 104
Total	3.87 × 109	2.02 × 109	2.73 × 109	1.86  × 109
Ratio relative to inoculum	6.49	3.39	4.58	3.12

^aPathogen-free female BALB/c mice (6 to 8 weeks old) were used. Only the count for spores is shown. In the same experiment, feces from control groups of four mice were examined at the same time points, and no counts for B. subtilis SC1712 were detected (data not shown for control groups).