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Table 3 Colony count of Efs2 and transconjugants from fecal samples of in vivo conjugation

From: Horizontal transfer of vanA between probiotic Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis in fermented soybean meal and in digestive tract of growing pigs

Day

 

Efs2, × 106 CFU/g fecal

Transconjugants, ×  103 CFU/g fecal

1

Efs2

7.60

1.50

0.80

4.50

4.90

3.30

      

Efm4 + Efs2

3.70

0.20

7.50

8.70

1.10

2.30

0

0

0

0

0

0

FSBM

0.55

2.85

4.90

5.50

1.35

6.50

0

0

0

0

0

0

2

Efs2

12.50

8.20

17.50

8.85

11.25

6.30

      

Efm4 + Efs2

15.00

16.50

27.00

14.50

55.00

86.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

FSBM

12.30

15.00

11.30

12.50

7.50

8.50

0

0

0

0

0

0

3

Efs2

22.50

8.50

13.50

55.00

36.00

42.00

      

Efm4 + Efs2

33.00

42.00

47.50

14.50

73.00

107.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

FSBM

41.00

47.5

36.00

46.00

58.00

59.50

0

0

0

4.50

0

0

4

Efs2

68.00

77.00

34.50

55.50

36.00

57.00

      

Efm4 + Efs2

175.00

88.00

114.00

39.50

55.00

85.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

FSBM

20.50

19.00

21.00

6.00

12.20

3.50

0

0

0

5.00

0

0

5

Efs2

55.00

101.5

23.00

27.00

72.00

36.00

      

Efm4 + Efs2

65.00

51.00

41.00

35.5

65.00

4.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

FSBM

43.00

65.00

87.00

95.00

86.5

60.00

0

0

0

2.00

0

0

6

Efs2

3.50

1.85

5.30

9.40

7.80

8.30

      

Efm4 + Efs2

3.75

5.80

9.50

4.60

4.50

2.30

0

1.00

0

0

0

0

FSBM

55.00

18.00

14.00

34.00

27.00

92.00

0

0

0

2.00

0

0

7

Efs2

6.55

7.80

1.55

1.80

3.80

6.75

      

Efm4 + Efs2

6.70

12.10

18.50

5.50

18.50

6.00

0

7.00

0

0

0

0

FSBM

10.00

12.00

27.0

46.50

84.00

45.00

0

0

0

3.50

0

0

  1. Efm, E. faecium isolates;
  2. Efs, E. faecalis isolates;
  3. FSBM, fermented soybean meal