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Table 1 Comparison of the growth rate (r) of T0 and T48 variants in DM medium containing different concentrations of sodium chloride: Mann-Whitney U test

From: Seawater salt-trapped Pseudomonas aeruginosa survives for years and gets primed for salinity tolerance

NaCl concentration

r T0

r T48

P value

Control(0.0085 M)

9.875 × 10−4 ± 9.257 × 10− 5

9.721 × 10− 4 ± 1.454 × 10− 4

0.886

0.0625 M

2.126 × 10− 3 ± 6.876 × 10− 5

2.465 × 10− 3 ± 1.644 × 10− 4

0.200

0.125 M

3.287 × 10− 3 ± 9.084 × 10− 5

2.268 × 10− 3 ± 3.666 × 10− 4

0.029

0.25 M

4.176 × 10−3 ± 9.661 × 10− 5

0.011 ± 8.071 × 10− 4

0.029

0.5 M

6.585 × 10− 3 ± 1.933 × 10− 4

0.019 ± 1.933 × 10− 4

0.029

1 M

7.658 × 10− 3 ± 2.217 × 10− 4

0.022 ± 1.463 × 10− 3

0.029

2 M

0.030 ± 1.405 × 10− 3

0.021 ± 1.404 × 10− 3

0.029