TABLE 3.

Combined IMS-CTC-FAb results for samples of sterile water or 0.1% peptone inoculated with 10⁰ to 10⁶ CFU of E. coli O157:H7 per ml^a

Comparison	n	Regression result
		b0	b1	r2
CTC+, FITC+ cells on beads vs CTC+, FITC+ cells in inoculum	22	0.72	0.77	0.93
FITC+ cells on beads vs FITC+ cells in inoculum	31	−0.10	0.99	0.98
CTC+, FITC+ cells on beads vs PCb of inoculum	24	0.67	0.88	0.98
PC of cells on beads vs PC of inoculum	29	−0.79	1.12	0.94
CTC+, FITC+ cells on beads vs PC of cells on beads	20	1.32	0.76	0.96

^aComparisons are the same as for Table 1. 

^bPC, plate count.