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Table 1 Acquisition rate of denitrifying bacteria using the FSC and APD methods

From: Advantages of functional single-cell isolation method over standard agar plate dilution method as a tool for studying denitrifying bacteria in rice paddy soil

Methoda

number of well-isolated single colonies

number of isolates showing NO3−reduction

mean of potential denitrifying activity ± SD,%c

Acquisition rate of denitrifying bacteria (%)

  

<20%

≥20%b

  

FSC

77

7

44

53.1 ± 21.2

57.1

APD

357

10

33

36.8 ± 16.1

9.2

  1. aFSC: Functional single-cell isolation method; APD: agar plate dilution method.
  2. bregarded as denitrifying bacteria.
  3. cProportion (%) of nitrate reduced to N2O in two weeks.
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