Table 3.
Test results for the detection of P. aeruginosa in ready-to-eat vegetable samples obtained using different methods.
| Sample names | Sample types | Number of samples | Number of positive results obtained by different methods for P. aeruginosa | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALDI-TOF | PCR (group_98983) | PCR (phzA2) | PCR (group_75393) | PCR (group_88276) | PCR (group_98983) | qPCR (phzA2) | qPCR (group_75393) | qPCR (group_88276) | |||
| Ready-to-eat vegetables | Lettuce | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Coriander | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | |
| Tomatoes | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
| Cucumbers | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | |
| Total | 29 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 15 | 14 | |