. 2020 Mar 2;86(6):e02378-19. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02378-19

TABLE 4.

Numbers and proportions of Listeria monocytogenes strains of each serovar belonging to three 9.0% NaCl growth clusters^a

Serovar	No. (%) of strains by growth cluster
Serovar	Poor	Average	Good
1/2a	144 (59.8)^A	93 (38.6)^A	4 (1.7)^B
1/2b	2 (5.3)^A	19 (50.0)^B	17 (44.7)^B
1/2c	32 (97.0)^A	1 (3.0)^B	0 (0.0)^B
3a	4 (80.0)^A	1 (20.0)^A	0 (0.0)^A
4b	0 (0.0)^A	2 (2.8)^A	69 (97.2)^B

The numbers of L. monocytogenes strains in each serovar (1/2a, n = 241; 1/2b, n = 38; 1/2c, n = 33; 3a, n = 5; 4b, n = 71) belonging to the 9.0% NaCl growth clusters “poor,” “average,” and “good” are presented. The same superscript capital letter indicates proportions that do not differ significantly at the 0.05 level within rows (z-test with Bonferroni correction).