FIG. 1.

Sprout-associated growth of S. enterica serovar Cubana. Batches of alfalfa seeds (15 g) were germinated and inoculated as described in Materials and Methods, and populations (Pop) that were adherent to germinating alfalfa seeds (A) or that were present in waste irrigation water (B) were monitored. The values reported are the means of results from three samples. The standard deviations for the reported values were less than 10% of the means. The experiments were repeated in triplicate, with similar results. Filled diamonds, S. enterica Cubana 98E01362SH2-inoculated seed batch; open diamonds, uninoculated seed batch.