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Table 1 Survival of Clostridium perfringens CCUG 2035 on swabs in Amies medium after simulated transport.

From: Survival of Clostridium perfringensDuring Simulated Transport and Stability of Some Plasmid-borne Toxin Genes under Aerobic Conditions

 

Experiment I1,2

Experiment II1

Prepared suspension (CFU/ml)

Room temperature, 24 h

4°C, 24 h

4°C, 24 h

4°C, 44 h

0.5 × 105

2

2

2

1

0.5 × 104

1.5

1.5

1

1

0.5 × 103

1

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5 × 102

0

0

0

0.5

0.5 × 101

0

0

0

0

  1. 1 On the basis of the number of colonies, bacterial growth was classified; no growth (0), sparse < 20 colonies (1), moderate 20 to 100 colonies (2) or profuse > 100 colonies (3).
  2. 2 This experiment was duplicated with identical results.