3.1. The viability of BT after treatment
No statistically significant difference was observed between the
BT viabilities observed at the beginning and the end of the
extraction process (p ¼ 0.6121; n ¼ 7). CHAPS did not alter the BT
viability compared with the Ringer solution (p ¼ 0.8658 and
p > 0.9999 when the moist and dried bacteria weights were
considered for calculation, respectively; n ¼ 7).