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Table 2 Effect of experimental treatments on (Log 10 transformed) L. pneumophila srg 1 in cocultures without P. aeruginosa

From: Factors influencing persistence of Legionella pneumophilaserogroup 1 in laboratory cocultures

Term

Numerator degrees of freedom

F statistics

P-value

Intercept

1

1136.11

<0.01

HPC

2

0.36

0.70

Fe

1

2.21

0.14

Time

3

39.07

<0.01

Fe × HPC

2

0.86

0.43

HPC × time

6

5.39

<0.01

Fe x time

3

0.72

0.54

Fe × HPC × time

6

1.15

0.34

  1. Time: time from inoculum (4 levels: 0, 4, 8, 16 days), Fe: iron (2 levels: 0 and 0.1 mg/L initial concentrations), HPC: heterotrophic plate count (3 levels: 0, 10 and 100°CFU/ml initial concentrations).
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BMC Microbiology

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