Nanosilver Biocidal Properties and Their Application in Disinfection of Hatchers in Poultry Processing Plants

Table 4

The number of bacterial and fungal cells grown after five minutes of contact with nanosilver compared to the control group.

	Candida albicans; ATCC		Salmonella enteritidis; ATCC		Pseudomonas aeruginosa; ATCC		Staphylococcus aureus; ATCC		Escherichia coli; ATCC
	×10^5 cfu		×10^5 cfu		×10^6 cfu		×10^6 cfu		×10^5 cfu
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
Control	28.9	2.1	180.5	127.5	187.8	15.9	78.6	30.9	91.3	26.3
Preparation
1	0	0	54.3	5.9	26	17.8	44.1	13.3	28.3	15.7
2	24.3	2.6	87.5	74	152.5	10.6	70.5	14.7	70	14
3	21.8	5.9	54	10.4	121	5.7	25	29.7	58.3	12.4
4	4.7	5.2	99.9	33.1	55.8	10	69.9	12.3	18.5	10.4
5	12.7	5	82.2	6.5	62.8	20.2	75.3	15.5	39.5	14.6
6	0	0	0.7	0.8	13.1	15.7	21.9	17.3	0.8	1.3
7	0	0	0.3	0.6	2.3	1.4	13.1	22.2	0	0
8	0	0	8.7	7.5	1.2	0.9	19.4	26.9	4.2	6.5