TABLE 5.

Proportion of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua after coculturing in BHI broth at 30°C for 24 h

Lineage	Strain		No. of independent trials	Inoculation level (%)a		Distribution in BHIb (%)
	A	B		A	B	A	B
2	La22	R255a	1	50	50	49	51
				50	50	46	54
2	C1-056	R255a	1	50	50	92	8
				50	50	89	11
1	V518a	R255a	2	48	52	97	3
				48	52	98	2
				56	44	99	1
				56	44	98	2
1	C1-109	R255a	1	55	45	50	50
				55	45	49	51
2 vs. 1	La22	V518a	1	46	54	73	28
				46	54	75	25

^aCombinations inoculated in duplicate.

^bDistribution was determined by performing plate counts on RLM.