Fig. 3

Relative abundance of Ca. E. dacicola (mean ± SD) in eggs washed with water (CE, control eggs) considered equal to 1 in comparison with eggs treated with 0.3% propionic acid solution (PAE), sodium hypochlorite + Triton X (SHTXE) and the respective rinse water CW, PAW, SHTXW. One-way ANOVA followed by Tukey’s test at P ≤ 0.05 (n = 3) was performed; different letters above bars indicate significant differences between treatments