TABLE 1.

Quantification of C. jejuni culturability after different treatments (culturability test step one)

Original temp (°C)	Growth	No. of days (SD) of culturability with indicated treatmenta			Kruskal-Wallis test value
		A	B	C	Chi square	P
4	Rich	21.0 (0.0)	15.0 (0.0)	21.0 (0.0)	17.00	<0.001
	Medium	27.0 (0.0)	19.9 (1.5)	24.0 (0.0)	16.54	<0.001
	Weak	40.0 (1.5)	25.0 (2.4)	29.0 (1.5)	14.63	0.001
10	Rich	15.0 (0.0)	12.5 (1.2)	15.0 (0.0)	13.08	0.001
	Medium	27.0 (0.0)	15.0 (0.0)	16.0 (1.5)	14.88	0.001
	Weak	48.0 (0.0)	19.5 (1.6)	21.0 (0.0)	14.73	0.001
25	Rich	6.0 (0.0)	0	0	17.00	<0.001
	Medium	11.0 (1.5)	0	0	16.39	<0.001
	Weak	19.0 (1.5)	2.5 (1.2)	0.5 (1.2)	14.24	0.001
30	Rich	0	0	0	0.00	NSb
	Medium	6.0 (0.0)	0	0	17.00	<0.001
	Weak	10.0 (2.4)	0	0	16.25	<0.001

^aTreatments: A, amoeba-C. jejuni coculture; B, C. jejuni plus PYG; C, C. jejuni plus amoeba byproducts.

^bNS, not significant.