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Table 3.

S. aureus NCTC1803 planktonic inactivation efficacy at 80 kV_RMS with different media and post-treatment storage conditions.

Media	Plasma treatment time (s)	Storage condition
		4°C storage		RT storage
		Cell density (Log₁₀ CFU ml⁻¹)	SD^*	Cell density (Log₁₀ CFU ml⁻¹)	SD^*
3% BE	C^1*	7.29^a	0.04	6.03^a	0.46
	C^2*	6.63^b	0.26	8.87^b	0.01
	60	5.71^c	0.34	8.08^bc	0.17
	120	5.79^c	0.17	7.98^c	0.31
	300	5.02^d	0.33	7.03^d	0.58
12% BE	C^1*	7.17^e	0.06	6.30^a	0.14
	C^2*	6.52^b	0.09	9.01^e	0.14
	60	6.33^f	0.33	8.83^ef	0.06
	120	6.35^f	0.22	8.76^f	0.07
	300	5.76^g	0.05	8.43^g	0.09
PBS	C^1*	7.40^ah	0.07	6.41^a	0.18
	C^2*	6.37^b	0.01	6.52^a	0.19
	60	ND^*i	–	ND^*h	–
	120	ND^*i	–	ND^*h	–
	300	ND^*i	–	ND^*h	–

SD^*, standard deviation; ND^*, non-detectable; C^1*, Control without storage; C^2*, Control with storage. Different letters indicate a significant difference at the 0.05 level between media and treatment times.