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Table 1 Results of statistical pairwise comparisons (test values χ 2 and p-values) of rainbow trout ( Oncorhynchus mykiss ) populations after exposure to Flavobacterium columnare (see Figure  2  for survival data)

From: Starvation can diversify the population structure and virulence strategies of an environmentally transmitting fish pathogen

 

Ancestor

Starved Rhizoid

Starved rough

χ 2

p-value

χ 2

p-value

χ 2

p-value

Ancestor

      

Starved Rhizoid

33,886

< 0.001

    

Starved Rough

92,627

< 0.001

120,889

< 0.001

  

Control

227,251

< 0.001

219,356

< 0.001

46,401

< 0.001

  1. Fish were exposed to the ancestral virulent rhizoid isolate and rhizoid and rough isolates isolated after starvation in lake water for 149 days (5 months). Control populations were exposed to sterile culture medium. Kaplan Meier survival analysis for whole data χ 2 = 33.89, p < 0.001.
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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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