**3. Results**

In our experiment, differences between strains were not statistically significantly different (*p* > 0.05). Therefore, we decided to average the results for all serovars. Detailed

results regarding the changes of the bacterial number of the tested *Salmonella* spp. serovars in the bacterial suspension of 10<sup>3</sup> CFU/mL, 10<sup>5</sup> CFU/mL and 108 CFU/mL were included in the Supplementary Information (Tables S1–S3).
