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. 2017 Oct 13;49(2):310–319. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2017.08.002

Table 1.

Comparison of the effectiveness of different treatments in the three types of biofilms on SS and PP surfaces.

Disinfectant Concentration (ppm) Temperature (°C) Time exposure (min) Log10 CFU/cm2 reduce on SS ± DSa
Log10 CFU/cm2 reduce on PP ± DSa
S. aureus 4E monospecies biofilms Salmonella spp. monospecies biofilms Dual-species biofilms S. aureus 4E monospecies biofilms Salmonella spp. monospecies biofilms Dual-species biofilms
PAA 10 25 10 3.22 ± 0.97 ABbac 5.86 ± 0.30 ABb ND 3.10 ± 0.13 DEFGHa 3.10 ± 0.69 ABa ND
10 50 10 5.06 ± 0.51 EFa 5.70 ± 0.41 ABCa ND 2.04 ± 0.06 ABCb 2.73 ± 0.34 BDEc 6.14 ± 0.45 ABa
10 25 15 3.33 ± 0.10 ABa 5.88 ± 0.23 Ab 4.86 ± 0.35 Ac 5.24 ± 0.25 Jc 2.69 ± 0.37 BDEd ND
10 50 15 5.26 ± 0.23 EFa 5.88 ± 0.25 Ab ND 1.67 ± 0.07 ABc 3.43 ± 0.42 ACd ND
3500 25 10 ND ND ND ND ND ND
3500 50 10 ND ND ND ND ND ND
3500 25 15 ND ND ND ND ND ND
3500 50 15 ND ND ND ND ND ND
NaClO 100 25 10 1.97 ± 0.09 Ca 4.91 ± 0.39 BCDEb 5.07 ± 0.49 ABb 1.65 ± 0.67 ABa ND 6.22 ± 0.50 ABc
100 37 10 3.71 ± 0.38 ABDa 4.57 ± 0.36 DEFb 5.52 ± 0.17 Bc 4.59 ± 0.77 IJabcd ND 5.78 ± 0.97 ABbcd
100 25 15 3.29 ± 0.34 ABa 4.99 ± 0.81 CDEFb ND 2.33 ± 0.88 ABCDEa ND ND
100 37 15 2.95 ± 1.60 ABCa 4.97 ± 0.30 ABCDbc 5.62 ± 0.45 Bb 3.38 ± 0.67 FGHa ND 6.67 ± 0.17 Ad
200 25 10 3.25 ± 0.04 ABa 4.40 ± 0.23 Fb ND 3.24 ± 0.64 EFGHa ND ND
200 37 10 3.39 ± 0.87 ABa 4.56 ± 0.17 DEFb 5.64 ± 0.18 Bc 3.73 ± 0.38 GHIa ND ND
200 25 15 5.34 ± 0.33 Fa 5.27 ± 0.18 ABCa ND 3.90 ± 0.57 HIb ND ND
200 37 15 3.87 ± 0.53 BDa 5.27 ± 0.51 ABCb ND 5.33 ± 0.17 Jb ND ND
CB 100 25 10 1.92 ± 0.13 Ca 2.10 ± 0.20 Ia 5.38 ± 0.18 ABb 1.45 ± 0.17 Ac 2.20 ± 0.12 EFa 4.76 ± 0.73 CDb
100 50 10 2.69 ± 0.98 ACa 4.62 ± 0.17 DEFb 5.54 ± 0.45 Bc 2.35 ± 0.72 ABCDEa 2.41 ± 0.10 DEFa 4.45 ± 0.49 Db
100 25 15 2.12 ± 0.24 Ca 3.48 ± 1.15 GHb ND 2.88 ± 0.95 CDEFGabc 2.50 ± 0.39 DEFa 4.32 ± 0.42 Dc
100 50 15 3.23 ± 0.18 ABa 4.82 ± 0.30 CDEFb ND 3.83 ± 0.62 GHIab 2.81 ± 0.21 BDc 3.94 ± 0.36 Db
200 25 10 4.50 ± 0.36 DEa 4.52 ± 0.08 EFa ND 2.62 ± 0.18 BCDEFb 2.96 ± 0.14 ABDb 4.49 ± 0.29 Da
200 50 10 3.68 ± 0.70 ABDa 2.37 ± 0.05 HIb ND 3.76 ± 0.14 GHIa 2.00 ± 0.07 Fc 5.61 ± 0.65 BCd
200 25 15 2.87 ± 0.88 ABCab 3.43 ± 0.69 Gbc ND 2.18 ± 0.15 ABCDa 2.54 ± 0.24 DEFa 4.61 ± 0.84 Dc
200 50 15 3.50 ± 0.42 ABDa 4.76 ± 0.26 Ib ND 2.49 ± 0.57 BCDEFc 3.98 ± 0.25 Ca ND
a

Mean of three test of population reduction after disinfection in Log10 ± standard deviation.

b

Values in the same column with the same capital letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05).

c

Values in the same row with the same lowercase letter are not significantly different (p > 0.05).

ND: not detected after disinfection treatment.