Effects of Mushroom and Chicory Extracts on the Physiology and Shape of Prevotella intermedia, a Periodontopathogenic Bacterium

Table 2

Cell length measurement of P. intermedia cells treated for two hours with different concentrations of LMM fraction of both mushroom or chicory extracts in comparison with control cells at the same time.

Microorganism	Growth condition	Cell length (μm)
		Mean	SD	Min value	Max value	Mode
P. intermedia	Control	1.09	0.41	0.54	3.01	0.75
	Mushroom 0.25x^a	1.83	0.88	0.64	4.97	0.91
	Mushroom 0.5x	1.94	1.09	0.72	7.40	1.38
	Chicory 0.25x^a	2.07	0.93	0.68	5.06	0.97
	Chicory 0.5x	2.37	1.36	0.76	9.09	1.32

^aSubinhibitory dose.