Table 1
Viable cell counts of fresh cut lettuce leaves inoculated with spoilage bacteria
P. chicorii I3C and treated with tap water (control) or neutral electrolyzed water
(NEW) during storage at 4 C. A) mesophilic aerobic bacterial count (APC); B)
Pseudomonas spp. count. Values represent the average ± standard deviation (N ¼ 9).
Differences among average values were found significant when higher than 0.603
for APC and 0.481 for Pseudomonas spp. according to Fisher's least difference coefficients
(P 0.05), as indicated by different lowercase letters.