Table 5.

Escherichia coli O104:H4 detection from artificially contaminated milk samples in the presence of contaminating bacteria (L. monocytogenes, C. jejuni, and S. aureus): comparison between the EU RL VTEC official method and the E. coli O104 Dynabeads method.

E. coli O104:H4 in the initial suspension (CFU number)	Contaminating bacteria in the initial suspension (CFU number)	E. coli O104:H4 isolated with EU RL method (CFU number)	E. coli O104:H4 isolated with the E. coli O104 Dynabeads method (CFU number)	S. aureus isolated with the E. coli O104 Dynabeads method (CFU number on Blood Agar plate)	L. monocytogenes isolated with the E. coli O104 Dynabeads method (CFU number on Blood Agar plate)	C. jejuni isolated with the E. coli O104 Dynabeads method (CFU number on Karmali Agar plate)
106	103	>200	>200	0	0	0
105	103	>200	>200	0	0	0
104	103	137	>200	0	0	0
103	103	41	121	0	0	0
102	103	6	19	0	0	0
101	103	0	1	0	0	0