. 2022 Apr 5;53(3):1187–1197. doi: 10.1007/s42770-022-00745-x

Table 4.

Effect of extracts of P. badius, P. grenadensis, and P. fastuosus on the growth parameters of E. coli O157: H7, S. Choleraesuis, and L. monocytogenes

Bacteria	Treatment	λ (h)	μ_max (OD/h)	y_max (OD)	R^2*
E. coli O157: H7	Control	3.4 ± 0.10^d	0.209 ± 0.006^d	2.46 ± 0.074^d	0.98
	P. badius	18.5 ± 0.55ª	0.079 ± 0.002ª	0.37 ± 0.014^a	0.96
	P. grenadensis	11.2 ± 0.34^c	0.100 ± 0.003^c	0.59 ± 0.018^c	0.81
	P. fastuosus	12.6 ± 0.38^b	0.089 ± 0.003^b	0.48 ± 0.011^b	0.96
S. Choleraesuis	Control	9.8 ± 0.29^d	0.383 ± 0.011^d	1.29 ± 0.039^d	0.99
	P. badius	18.0 ± 0.54^c	0.005 ± 0.001ª	0.08 ± 0.002ª	0.98
	P. grenadensis	21.0 ± 0.63ª	0.079 ± 0.002^c	0.29 ± 0.009^c	0.92
	P. fastuosus	19.8 ± 0.59^b	0.037 ± 0.001^b	0.16 ± 0.005^b	0.99
L. monocytogenes	Control	4.5 ± 0.13^d	0.230 ± 0.007^d	2.35 ± 0.070^c	0.98
	P. badius	10.6 ± 0.32^b	0.131 ± 0.004^c	0.41 ± 0.012ª	0.84
	P. grenadensis	9.2 ± 0.28^c	0.037^a ± 0.001ª	0.40 ± 0.012ª	0.85
	P. fastuosus	13.8 ± 0.41^a	0.063^b ± 0.002^b	0.59 ± 0.018^b	0.98

Data are the mean of three independent experiments. Different letters in each column indicate differences (p < 0.05) among treatments for each bacterium. λ corresponds to the lag phase, μ_max is the maximum growth rate, and y_max is the maximum growth of bacteria

^*R² = Coefficient of determination