Biomedical Science Letters

Table. 4.

Table 4

Viability and overgrowth tests after storage at refrigerated and room temperature (The solid type with charcoal)

Organism	Type	Recovery at concentration of ^a
		10⁵ CFU/mL at (h)		10⁴ CFU/mL at (h)		10³ CFU/mL at (h)
		5 min	24 hr, 48 hr	5 min	24 hr, 48 hr	5 min	24 hr, 48 hr
		RT	4℃	RT	4℃	RT	4℃
Aerobic, facultative anaerobic bacteria
P. aeruginosa	A	907	819	160	157	14	13
	B	820	764	152	150	13	12
S. pyogenes	A	327	252	30	24	3	3
	B	350	273	44	26	4	2
S. pneumoniae	A	809	837	104	112	9	9
	B	937	854	122	115	10	9
H. influenzae	A	1525	1400	221	184	18	18
	B	1413	1418	180	196	20	19
Anaerobic bacteria
B. fragilis	A	1545	1450	329	294	32	29
	B	1522	1360	322	296	31	28
P. anaerobius	A	1530	1521	247	240	26	24
	B	1490	1571	243	254	26	26
F. nucleatum	A	1282	1135	251	211	23	21
	B	1347	1251	286	234	25	22
C. acnes	A	1554	1447	327	309	31	31
	B	1508	1461	301	317	35	34
P. melaninogenica	A	1557	1677	253	252	23	22
	B	1353	1607	228	248	22	22
Fastidious bacteria
N. gonorrhoeae	A	1062	974	218	187	27	29
	B	993	931	208	177	29	25

^aAverage of triplicate tests in CFU/100 μL. RT, room (ambient) temperature

A and B the date of manufacture and expiration date are different