. 2016 Jun 22;7:977. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00977

Table 7.

Planktonic inactivation efficacy at 80 kV_RMS in MAP gases in BE with 24 h storage at 4°C.

Gases	Plasma treatment time (s)	Microorganisms
		E. coli NCTC12900		L. monocytogenes NCTC11994		S. aureus NCTC1803
		Cell density (Log₁₀ CFU ml⁻¹)	SD^*	Cell density (Log₁₀ CFU ml⁻¹)	SD^*	Cell density (Log₁₀ CFU ml⁻¹)	SD^*
1	C^1*	6.78^a	0.03	7.17^a	0.09	6.63^a	0.07
	C^2*	7.18^ce	0.08	7.56^c	0.08	7.14^b	0.16
	60	7.64^b	0.13	7.28^ab	0.12	6.22^c	0.07
	120	7.49^bc	0.24	7.46^bc	0.06	6.27^c	0.07
	300	7.01^ae	0.25	7.34^ac	0.20	6.15^c	0.12
2	C^1*	6.98^de	0.05	7.02^ef	0.06	6.93^a	0.29
	C^2*	7.15^ce	0.06	7.56^c	0.08	7.23^b	0.05
	60	6.87^df	0.06	6.98^e	0.04	6.73^d	0.12
	120	6.74^f	0.10	7.18^f	0.05	6.73^d	0.06
	300	6.55^g	0.12	6.78^d	0.14	5.79^c	0.29
3	C^1*	6.98^de	0.01	6.99^e	0.03	6.81^a	0.06
	C^2*	7.23^ce	0.05	7.56^c	0.08	7.17^b	0.19
	60	6.47^h	0.14	6.55^h	0.22	5.85^c	0.35
	120	5.93ⁱ	0.11	5.97^g	0.03	5.54^e	0.13
	300	5.49^j	0.17	4.77ⁱ	0.05	4.63^f	0.11

SD^*, standard deviation; C^1*, Control without storage; C^2*, Control with storage. Different letters indicate a significant difference at the 0.05 level between gas mix and treatment times. Gases: 1 30% CO₂+70% N₂; 2 Air; 3 30% CO₂+70% O₂.