TABLE 2.
Growth of microflora competing with Campylobacter by the ACC, CEB, or Preston broth method
| Expt and dilution | No. of colonies on blood agar platesa
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACC
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CEB
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Preston broth
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| Replicate 1 | Replicate 2 | Replicate 3 | Replicate 1 | Replicate 2 | Replicate 3 | Replicate 1 | Replicate 2 | Replicate 3 | |
| 1 | |||||||||
| 1 | 12 | 3 | 6 | Ob | O | O | |||
| 2 | 1 | 4 | O | O | O | ||||
| 3 | 2 | O | O | O | |||||
| 2 | |||||||||
| 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | O | O | O | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | O | 1 | 2 | O | O | O | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | O | O | O | |||
a
A volume of 100 μl was plated per plate.
b
O denotes total overgrowth by competing flora, precluding assessment.