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Total microbial counts in intestinal homogenates [cfu/g]
| Group of microbes | 1st sampling | 2nd sampling | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Bacteria | 1.0×108 | 1.3×107 | 1.1×108 | 6.2×107 | 0.837 |
| E. coli | 2.2×108 | 3.3×107 | 6.3×107 | 5.3×106 | 0.314 |
| Clostridium spp. | 7.9×103 | 1.1×102 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.143 |
| Lactic acid bacteria | 2.2×108 | 4.9×107 | 1.9×108 | 1.0×107 | 0.887 |
| Bifidobacterium spp. | 1.7×107 | 1.3×107 | 4.4×106 | 4.2×105 | 0.069 |
| Fungi | 2.9×107 | 5.6×107 | 2.0×103 | 1.8×102 | 0.268 |
Total microbial count in air samples [cfu/m3]
| Group of microbes | 1st sampling | 2nd sampling | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Bacteria | 7.0×101 | 3.3×101 | 2.8×102 | 4.7×101 | 0.0001* |
| Fungi | 7.4×101 | 4.3×101 | 2.9×102 | 1.1×102 | 0.003* |
Total microbial count in samples from swabs [cfu/100 cm2]
| Group of microbes | 1st sampling | 2nd sampling | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | SD | M | SD | ||
| Top bar | |||||
| Bacteria | 1.2×103 | 1.9×102 | 2.3×101 | 1.7×101 | 0.212 |
| E. coli | 9.8×101 | 2.1×102 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.313 |
| Total fungi | 1.0×103 | 1.1×102 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 0.064 |
| Yeasts | 1.6 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.341 |
| Honeycomb | |||||
| Bacteria | 6.7 | 7.5 | 6.7 | 1.1×101 | 1.000 |
| E. coli | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Total fungi | 1.7 | 3.7 | 1.1×102 | 2.4×101 | 0.340 |
| Yeasts | 0.0 | 0.0 | 6.8×101 | 1.5×101 | 0.341 |
| Hive wall | |||||
| Bacteria | 1.2×101 | 2.2×101 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 0.522 |
| E. coli | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |
| Total fungi | 5.0 | 1.1×101 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.341 |
| Yeasts | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | - |