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Table 5.

The colony forming unit of Streptococcus mutans in drinks by incubating time

unit: CFU/mL

Time (hr) Group Control
Ca) Fa) F. milka) Milkb) 0.25% glucose TSBc)
0 6.99±0.01 7.07±0.02 6.85±0.03 7.01±0.02 7.01±0.01
1 6.95±0.03 6.98±0.05 6.85±0.23 7.14±0.17 7.14±0.01
4 7.04±0.01 7.04±0.04 7.03±0.03 7.28±0.01 7.59±0.01
8 7.08±0.08 7.03±0.01 7.00±0.04 7.57±0.02 8.93±0.01
12 7.07±0.01 7.02±0.07 6.93±0.00 8.02±0.14 9.07±0.03
24 6.62±0.01 6.61±0.03 6.08±0.02 8.08±0.16 7.88±0.03

mean±SD.

Statistically significant by repeated measured ANOVA at the 0.01 level.

a), b), c)The same letter indicates no significant difference by Tukey.

Abbreviations: CFU, colony forming unit; C, carbonated drink; F, fruit drink; F. milk, fermented milk; TSB, tryticase soy broth.

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