An In Vitro Evaluation of Antioxidant and Colonic Microbial Profile Levels following Mushroom Consumption

Table 1

Average number of microorganisms (log CFU/mL) for the different microbial groups according to consumed mushrooms.

Bacterial group	Ascendant colon	Transversal colon	Descended colon
	Control
Total anaerobes	7.32±3.21	7.60±1.85	7.20±2.11
Facultative anaerobes	7.69±0.71	7.78±2.25	7.73±2.34
Lactobacilli	7.08±0.32	7.21±0.76	7.23±1.49
Bifidobacteria	6.87±0.87	6.88±0.23	6.97±0.55
Enterococci	6.83±1.01	6.45±0.56	6.42±1.03
Clostridia	6.67±1.64	6.77±1.21	6.84±2.09
Coliforms	6.97±1.65	7.03±0.71	7.13±1.07
Staphylococci	6.59±0.79	6.51±1.45	6.48±1.35
	Pleurotus ostreatus
Total anaerobes	7.10±1.3	8.27±0.76	8.21±2.1
Facultative anaerobes	7.34±1.1	7.00±1.05	7.15±0.11
Lactobacilli	7.25±0.83	8.34±1.58	8.55±0.62
Bifidobacteria	5.32±0.48	5.52±2.49	5.47±1.54
Enterococci	7.05±0.39	7.63±0.06	7.54±0.13
Clostridia	7.01±0.41	6.78±0.25	6.85±0.09
Coliforms	6.88±0.17	7.48±1.47	7.11±1.59
Staphylococci	6.32±0.43	6.47±0.36	6.45±0.52
	Agaricus bisporus
Total anaerobes	7.64±0.97	7.69±8.10	7.97±5.43
Facultative anaerobes	7.67±4.40	7.88±3.09	7.82±5.42
Lactobacilli	8.09±5.16	8.65±3.79	7.74±2.72
Bifidobacteria	5.91±3.04	6.11±1.07	6.17±0.63
Enterococci	7.81±1.23	7.85±0.64	7.76±4.49
Clostridia	7.80±6.17	6.78±3.90	6.84±1.53
Coliforms	7.99±2.33	7.65±8.01	7.17±9.75
Staphylococci	6.78±0.76	6.94±1.13	6.98±3.21
	Boletus edulis
Total anaerobes	8.5±0.86	8.32±1.13	8.72±3.52
Facultative anaerobes	8.43±1.07	8.40±2.16	8.78±0.38
Lactobacilli	7.60±0.73	7.83±0.83	6.69±2.98
Bifidobacteria	5.13±4.07	5.59±0.79	5.45±1.01
Enterococci	8.15±0.23	8.07±0.65	8.43±1.63
Clostridia	7.19±0.17	6.94±0.19	7.26±0.07
Coliforms	6.62±0.37	6.49±0.06	6.61±0.34
Staphylococci	6.56±0.83	6.51±0.23	6.52±1.17
	Cantharellus cibarius
Total anaerobes	8.75±2.44	7.98±1.43	8.02±0.67
Facultative anaerobes	8.06±4.89	8.20±0.71	8.32±0.35
Lactobacilli	7.44±4.17	8.49±0.17	6.02±0.19
Bifidobacteria	5.44±3.23	4.85±1.32	4.25±0.45
Enterococci	7.31±2.69	7.66±3.27	7.82±0.11
Clostridia	6.35±1.62	6.22±2.75	6.00±0.53
Coliforms	6.41±4.22	6.71±2.65	6.90±0.03
Staphylococci	6.78±3.98	6.04±3.73	5.51±0.59