Table 2.
Inhibitory effect of SAIW on viability of Gram-negative bacteria a.
| Bacteria | Treatment | Time of exposure (seconds) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 30 | 300 | 900 | ||
| Escherichia coli | Control | 8.6 × 105 | – b | – | 1.1 × 106 |
| SAIW | – | <10 c | <10 | <10 | |
| Salmonella arizonae | Control | 7.6 × 102 | – | – | – |
| SAIW | – | <10 c | <10 | <10 | |
| Legionella pneumophila | Control | 1.4 × 107 | – | – | 2.0 × 107 |
| SAIW | – | 5.9 × 104 | <100 c | <100 | |
Viable bacterial cells were determined as CFU/ml.
Not tested.
Below the limit of detection.