. 2021 Oct 4;12:622068. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2021.622068

Table 2.

Incidence of fluorescent Salmonella cells in various leaf localization using confocal microscopy.

		Incidence of Salmonella in leaf localization (%)
		Surface		Internal
	Treatment/Time (min)	1	7	1	7
Iceberg lettuce	Control (water)	100^A	100^A	92±1^a	92±1^a
	1% NaHClO	50±1.5^D	16±2.5^E	63±5^c	41±2.5^d
	70% ethanol	58±3^B	16±4^E	91±1.5^a	77±2.6^b
	1% AgNO₃	59±4^B	54±1^C	67±5^bc	66±5^bc

Arabidopsis	Control (water)	100^A	100^A	42±6^a	42±6^a
	1% NaHClO	41±3.6^C	12±3.2^D	16±3.5^c	0^d
	70% ethanol	55±3.5^BC	14±2.6^D	42±2.6^a	31±5.7^b
	1% AgNO₃	57±7^B	15±4.7^D	32±5^b	0^d

Tomato	Control (water)	100^A	100^A	0^a	0^a
	1% NaHClO	35±1.5^C	0^E	0^a	0^a
	70% ethanol	55±1^B	11±2^D	0^a	0^a
	1% AgNO₃	38±7.6^BC	0^E	0^a	0^a

For each plant, means without a common uppercase letter or without a common lowercase letter differ significantly by the Tukey-Kramer multiple comparison test (p<0.05) with regard to the incidence of Salmonella of surface-attached and internal Salmonella, respectively.