FIG 6.
Photocatalysis differently impacts fungal cell cultivability. (A) Cultivability kinetics of fungal cells S. cerevisiae (◼), C. krusei (●), R. glutinis (▲), and B. cinerea spores (×) upon 20 h during photocatalytic treatment. (B) Cultivability kinetics of S. cerevisiae and R. glutinis in control conditions. Cells were treated with either water, UV-A (3.8 mW/cm2), or TiO2 (0.1 g/liter) for 5 h. The data points indicate the mean values of three independent experiments. Ct and C0 correspond to the cell concentrations at times t and 0, respectively. For clarity, data on the cultivability of cells exposed to control conditions are presented for R. glutinis and S. cerevisiae only.