TABLE 3.
Time (h) | Countsa in mouse:
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
24 | 1.03 × 109 | 8.40 × 108 | 1.09 × 109 | 1.86 × 108 | 3.93 × 108 | 8.40 × 108 |
48 | 1.92 × 107 | 1.18 × 107 | 3.54 × 106 | 4.32 × 106 | 3.12 × 107 | 5.31 × 107 |
72 | 1.56 × 107 | 8.16 × 104 | 8.20 × 107 | 1.80 × 105 | 2.40 × 105 | 1.33 × 107 |
96 | 4.14 × 105 | 1.16 × 105 | 2.93 × 107 | 3.00 × 104 | 2.20 × 107 | 9.00t× 103 |
120 | 6.00 × 105 | 4.53 × 105 | 8.94 × 105 | 3.00 × 103 | 1.20 × 104 | 5.70 × 104 |
144 | 5.70 × 104 | 9.25 × 104 | 6.00 × 103 | 1.84 × 104 | 1.20 × 104 | 1.20 × 104 |
168 | 3.60 × 105 | 2.40 × 104 | 6.30 × 106 | 2.82 × 104 | 2.50 × 104 | 1.40 × 104 |
Total | 1.06 × 109 | 8.52 × 108 | 1.21 × 109 | 1.91 × 108 | 7.27 × 108 | 9.06 × 108 |
Ratio relative to inoculum | 0.53 | 0.43 | 0.61 | 0.09 | 0.36 | 0.45 |
Pathogen-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 two mice were examined at the same time points, and no counts for B. subtilis SC1712 were detected (data not shown for control groups).