Table 2.
Average colony counts and average percentage destruction of B. cereus spores on fabric substrate for various configurations
| Time of exposure (h) | Dark control | UV-A photolysis | Photocatalysis | Enhanced photocatalysis | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ave. colony count | Ave. percentage dest. | SD percentage dest. | Ave. colony count | Ave. percentage dest. | SD percentage dest. | Ave. colony count | Ave. percentage dest. | SD percentage dest. | Ave. colony count | Ave. percentage dest. | SD percentage dest. | |
| 0 | 148 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 148 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 148 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 148 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 4 | 142 | 4.05 | 9.85 | 115 | 22.30 | 7.68 | 30 | 79.73 | 4.05 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| 16 | 141 | 4.73 | 12.26 | 92 | 37.84 | 4.52 | 21 | 85.81 | 11.72 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 |
| 24 | 162 | 0.00 | 6.51 | 65 | 56.08 | 5.03 | 10 | 93.24 | 3.86 | 0 | 100.00 | 0.00 |