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Chapter 2<br />

Table 2.3: Mean and standard deviation <strong>of</strong> all S. Agona strains (measured in Mean Log 10 CFU/coupon)<br />

N Glass Steel Polycarbonate Concrete Tile<br />

S. Agona Mean SD P Mean SD P Mean SD P Mean SD P Mean SD P<br />

*S. Agona (S08-0601) 9 5.43 0.51 5.38 0.35 6.03 0.54 6.96 0.68 7.33 0.28<br />

*S. Agona (S09-0494) 9 5.41 0.19 0.578 5.80 0.33 0.016 6.33 0.26 0.092 7.08 0.15 0.289 7.56 0.18 0.102<br />

S. Agona ( S09-0046) 9 5.25 0.66 0.474 5.53 0.54 0.338 6.07 0.39 0.624 6.99 0.17 0.216 7.26 0.18 0.453<br />

S. Agona ( S09-0371) 9 6.16 0.55 0.010 5.59 0.94 0.348 6.81 0.17 0.005 7.47 0.19 0.005 7.59 0.08 0.042<br />

S. Agona ( S09-0479) 9 5.63 0.44 0.425 5.56 0.18 0.163 6.43 0.20 0.051 6.88 0.15 0.200 7.10 0.16 0.070<br />

S. Agona (SL483) 9 5.81 0.31 0.068 6.12 0.36 0.002 6.59 0.529 0.100 6.75 0.14 0.145 6.94 0.08 0.006<br />

Table 2.3 displays the mean log 10 density <strong>of</strong> cells recovered from the 5 surfaces after 48 hour bi<strong>of</strong>ilm development using 6 Salmonella enterica<br />

subspecies enterica serovar Agona strains. The standard deviation <strong>of</strong> repeated measures (SD) for the nine observations (N=9) is also provided.<br />

The SAGOXB.0066 outbreak strain S08-0601 which is denoted by bold font in the table, was used to compare the mean log 10 density <strong>of</strong> the<br />

outbreak strains to the other S. Agona strains related to the outbreak (S09-0494) and to the other S. Agona strains examined. The difference<br />

between the strains is denoted the P values in the table. The strains belonging to the SAGOXB.0066 outbreak are indicated by the use <strong>of</strong> an<br />

asterisk *.<br />

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