Serial dilutions were made with sterile peptone
from the different disinfection solutions or treatments, and also for
the innoculum solution. For the initial loads of mesophiles on
vegetables, samples were pour-plated into plate count agar . Dishes were incubated at
35 C for 48 h and then mesophiles were counted. For E. coli dilutions
were pour-plated on EMB Agar . Dishes
were incubated at 35 C for 48 h and then bacteria were counted.