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. 2013 Apr;79(8):2494–2502. doi: 10.1128/AEM.03704-12

Table 2.

Salmonella enterica contamination of tomato fruits with respect to fruit ripeness

Tomato ripeness Total no. of tomatoes Salmonella-positive samples from:
On/within tomatoes (%) On tomatoes only (%) Within tomatoes only (%) Total no. (%)a
Green 43 11 6 0 17 (39.5) B
Breaker 21 8 8 0 16 (76.2) A
Red 26 10 8 1 19 (73.1) A
a

Different uppercase letters represent the number of positives of the total that are significantly different (P < 0.05).