TABLE 2.
Recovery of C. jejuni NCTC 12662 from the surface of chicken skin treated with bacteriophage φ2 and stored at 4°Ca
| Amt. of Campylobacter inoculum (CFU) | Amt. of bacteriophage inoculum (PFU) and day recorded
|
Control recovery at day:
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 107
|
105
|
103
|
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| 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 106 | 4.2 ± 0.2 | 4.2 ± 0.1 | 4.2 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.1 | 5.0 ± 0.1 | 4.9 ± 0.1 | 5.0 ± 0.1 | 5.3 ± 0.1 | 5.4 ± 0.1 | 5.2 ± 0.1 |
| 104 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 2.1 ± 0.0 | 2.3 ± 0.0 | 3.4 ± 0.2 | 3.5 ± 0.0 | 3.1 ± 0.1 | 3.3 ± 0.1 | 3.4 ± 0.2 | 3.4 ± 0.1 | 3.1 ± 0.4 | 3.4 ± 0.2 | 3.4 ± 0.2 |
| 102 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 1.8 ± 1.3 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.8 ± 1.3 | 0.0 ± 0.0 | 0.0 ± 0.0 |
a
Results are shown as log10 CFU recovered ± standard deviations for different combinations of phage and host innocula recorded at days 1, 3, and 5.