Fig. 1.
Culturability of E. coli O157:H7 plated on TSA (filled symbols) and SMAC (open symbols) media. E. coli O157:H7 ATCC 43895 (diamonds) and BRMSID 188 (squares) were incubated at 4°C in sterile deionized distilled water for up to 120 days. The data are mean values (n = 4) from two independent experiments with errors bars representing the standard deviations.