TABLE 1.

Affinities of L. monocytogenes Scott A cells for the four solvents used in the MATS analysis after growth in either BHI medium or TSYE at 37, 20, 15, and 8°C and after growth at 37°C in TSYE supplemented with glucose or lactic acid^a

Medium	Temp (°C)	% Affinity for:
		Chloroform	Hexadecane	Ethyl acetate	Decane
TSYE + glucose	37	90 ± 1	70 ± 6	56 ± 3	71 ± 9
TSYE + lactic acid	37	96 ± 1	85 ± 7	33 ± 3	96 ± 8
TSYE	37	91 ± 7	46 ± 11	17 ± 9	51 ± 11
	20	94 ± 6	48 ± 10	17 ± 2	64 ± 6
	15	91 ± 3	48 ± 10	7 ± 3	66 ± 7
	8	94 ± 2	53 ± 8	14 ± 4	67 ± 11
BHI	37	89 ± 3	41 ± 11	24 ± 5	44 ± 10
	20	92 ± 3	48 ± 7	13 ± 5	47 ± 5
	15	92 ± 4	39 ± 11	13 ± 2	64 ± 3
	8	93 ± 4	44 ± 4	17 ± 1	55 ± 6

^aAffinity values are means ± standard deviations (n = 9).