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From: The development and application of a molecular community profiling strategy to identify polymicrobial bacterial DNA in the whole blood of septic patients

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The addition of 0.85 % saponin to bacterial cells does not impact viability. The average CFU/ml and the standard deviation were plotted for each sample prior to and after the incubation with 0.85 % saponin (represented by “sap” in the figure label) for 1 h at room temperature either with ambient air or in an anaerobic chamber for F. necrophorum and P. melaninogenica. Each experiment was done in triplicate with samples recorded in duplicate. There were no statistically significant differences found in the viable cell count of the bacteria (two-tailed Students t-test, p > 0.05 % significance)

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BMC Microbiology

ISSN: 1471-2180

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