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. 2004 Feb;70(2):1182–1189. doi: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1182-1189.2004

TABLE 3.

Effect of the presence of soil on the recovery of C. jejuni strain RM1221 from inoculated spinach plants

No. of days after inoculation % of leaves with detectable C. jejunia
Leaves without soil Leaves with soil
0 100 100
2 90 100
4 70 100
8 20 40
a

Values represent the percentages of the total number of leaves sampled on which C. jejuni was detected by plating onto CCAS. The spinach plants were incubated at 10°C after inoculation.