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Table 4 Bacterial components in tobacco and smoke collected from cigarettes spiked/not spiked by a suspension of E. coli.

From: Identification of bacterial and fungal components in tobacco and tobacco smoke

 

Tobacco

Smoke

 

control

E. coli spiked

control

E. coli spiked

 

4.91

46.7

0.13

0.63

LPS

5.45

35.6

0.11

0.44

 

4.63

41.4

0.12

0.32

 

4120

79600

3.94

37.4

MuAc

3270

39000

4.54

24.4

 

4310

33300

2.69

15.4

  1. LPS = Lipopolysaccharides (nmol/cigarette); MuAc = muramic acid (ng/cigarette).
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Tobacco Induced Diseases

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