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1
Table 7. Ruggedness Results for the Evaluation of Various Hydration
2
Fluids Used With the 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express Plate.
3
Sterile
Distilled
Sterile
Reverse
Osmosis
Butterfield's
Phosphate
Buffer
Salmonella
Typhimurium
ATCC 14028
30
30
30
30
Citrobacter
braakii
ATCC 43162
30
0
0
0
Salmonella
Enteritidis
ATCC 13076
30
30
30
30
Isolate
# of
Samples
Positive
4
5
6
7
Table 8. Stability Data for 3M Petrifilm Salmonella Express Plate and Disk.
8
9
Salmonella
Typhimurium ATCC
14028
5
5
-
-
5
-
-
Salmonella
Poona
NCTC 4840
5
5
-
-
5
-
-
Citrobacter braakii
ATCC 43162
5
0
-
-
0
-
-
Strain
Number of
replicates
3M Petrifilm SALX Confirmation Disk Point
in shelf life - # positive
Newly
Manufactured
Time 0
Middle of Shelf Life 9
Months (To
be submitted when
available)
End of shelf life
18 months (To
be submitted
when available)
Newly
Manufactured
Time 0
Middle of Shelf Life 9
Months (To
be submitted when
available)
End of shelf life
18 months (To
be submitted
when available)
3M Petrifilm SALX Plate
Point in Shelf Life - # positive
10