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The challenge dose was 5,500 cfu, which is equivalent to 10 LD
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Avital Tidhar et al. 2009
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Coliform bacteria was detected in 48% of the beverages and 20% had a heterotrophic plate count greater than 500 cfu/ml.
Scientists Say Half Of All Soda Fountains Harbor Fecal Bacteria - The Consumerist 2010
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An effective probiotic will deliver 100 million cfu of good bacteria.
Babies and Probiotics Steve Carper 2006
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An effective probiotic will deliver 100 million cfu of good bacteria.
Archive 2006-05-01 Steve Carper 2006
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B. cereus and S. aureus were isolated in 63 percent and 23 percent of the samples, respectively, but at very low numbers (10e2 to 10e3 cfu/g).
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The starter cultures L. plantarum and P. cerevisiae increased during the initial fermentation and were highest on the third day of fermentation with 106 to 109 cfu/g - '(colony forming units) and then decreased slowly during the later period of fermentation.
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The majority of the samples had mold and lactic acid bacteria counts of 10e5 cfu/g or higher, spore-formers of about 104, and psychrotrophs of about 10e6 cfu/g
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Nham fermented with 103 cfu/g M. varians, 103 cfu/g L. plantarum, and 106 cfu/g P. cerevisiae with 6 percent cooked rice and 0.5 percent glucose at 30°C, 97 percent relative humidity for 3 days, was accepted by the trained panel, with an overall acceptability mean ideal ratio score of 0. 95+0.01.
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More than 90 percent of the samples had aerobic mesophilic counts of 10e8 cfu/g (colony forming units) or higher; more than 75 percent of the samples had yeast counts of 10e7 cfu/g or higher, and over 85 percent contained enterococci in numbers of 10e7 cfu/g or higher.
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Lactic streptococci were predominant in lben, raib, and zabda, while streptococci, lactobacilli, and leuconostocs were found in jben at almost the same average levels (10e8 cfu/g or ml) (colony forming units).
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