Table 2. Number of animals positive for each Epsilonproteobacteria taxon per culture medium used.
| Blood agar | Filter | CCD | Preston | Skirrow | Total | |
| Taxon | Animals (%) | Animals (%) | Animals (%) | Animals (%) | Animals (%) | Animals (%) |
| Arcobacter butzleri | 0 (0.0) | 12 (63.2) | 7 (36.8) | 4 (21.1) | 9 (47.4) | 19 (20.2) |
| Arcobacter cryaerophilus | 0 (0.0) | 9 (90.0) | 4 (40.0) | 5 (50.0) | 4 (40.0) | 10 (10.9) |
| Arcobacter skirrowii | 1 (7.1) | 13 (92.9) | 7 (50.0) | 3 (21.4) | 3 (21.4) | 14 (15.2) |
| Campylobacter fetus taxon 1* | 0 (0.0) | 14 (60.9) | 16 (69.6) | 8 (34.8) | 10 (43.5) | 23 (25.0) |
| Campylobacter fetus taxon 2* | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Campylobacter hyointestinalis | 2 (22.2) | 3 (33.3) | 6 (66.7) | 6 (66.7) | 2 (22.2) | 9 (9.8) |
| Campylobacter taxon 1* | 3 (8.8) | 18 (52.9) | 9 (26.5) | 18 (52.9) | 8 (23.5) | 34 (37.0) |
| Campylobacter taxon 2* | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Helicobacter taxon 1* | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Helicobacter taxon 2* | 1 (12.5) | 8 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (12.5) | 8 (8.7) |
| Helicobacter taxon 3* | 2 (50.0) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (25.0) | 4 (4.3) |
| Helicobacter taxon 4* | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Helicobacter taxon 5* | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Helicobacter taxon 6* | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Helicobacter taxon 7* | 3 (75.0) | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (50.0) | 4 (4.3) |
| Sulfurospirillum taxon* | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) |
| Total ** | 12 (13.0) | 79 (85.9) | 45 (48.9) | 43 (46.7) | 37 (40.2) | 92 (100.0) |
*, putative novel species or subspecies based on 16S rRNA sequence and AFLP fingerprint;
**, not sum of Epsilonproteobacteria positive animals in case of multiple Epsilonproteobacteria taxa per animal.