Modelling the Survival of Acid-Adapted and Nonadapted Escherichia coli O157:H7 in Burkina: A Western African Traditional Fermented Milk Product

Table 2

Effect of temperature and incubation time on the growth of acid-adapted and nonadapted E. coli O157:H7 in Burkina.

Time (h)	Log deviation
	AAEC5	AAEC15	AAEC30	NAEC5	NAEC15	NAEC30
0	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a	^a
2	^ab	^bc	^a	^ab	^ab	^b
4	^ab	^bc	^ab	^ab	^abc	^c
6	^ab	^b	^b	^bc	^ab	^c
8	^ab	^bc	^c	^bcd	^ab	^ef
10	^ab	^cd	^c	^cd	^bcd	^f
12	^ab	^de	^c	^cd	^bcd	^de
14	^b	^e	^c	^cd	^cd	^d
24	^c	^f	^d	^d	^d	^g
48	^d	^f	^d	^e	^e	^h

Values are means and standard deviation from the duplicate analysis. Means that do not share a letter in the same column are statistically different across columns ().