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Table I
Evaluation of the analytical sensitivity for artificially-contaminated samples.
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| Artificially-contaminated honey samples | Water suspensions | ||||||
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| Result | Result | ||||||
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| PCR | Culture (CFU/g)* | PCR | Culture (CFU/mL)* | ||||
| 10000 | Pos. | Pos. (188) | 10000 | Pos. | Pos. (293) | ||
| 1000 | Pos. | Pos. (33) | 1000 | Pos. | Pos. (76) | ||
| 100 | Pos. | Pos. (8) | 100 | Pos. | Pos. (6) | ||
| 10 | Neg. | Neg. | 10 | Pos. | Neg. | ||
| 0 | Neg. | Neg. | 1 | Neg. | Neg. | ||
| 0.1 | Neg. | Neg. | |||||
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