E. coli Bacteriostatic Action Using TiO2 Photocatalytic Reactions

<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2018/8474017/figures/8474017.fig.009a.svgz" name="8474017.fig.009a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(a) SG/NB/UVA</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2018/8474017/figures/8474017.fig.009b.svgz" name="8474017.fig.009b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(b) SP/NB/UVA</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2018/8474017/figures/8474017.fig.009c.svgz" name="8474017.fig.009c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(c) SG/NaCl/UVA</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2018/8474017/figures/8474017.fig.009d.svgz" name="8474017.fig.009d" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(d) SP/NaCl/UVA</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="e"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/ijp/volume-2018/8474017/figures/8474017.fig.009e.svgz" name="8474017.fig.009e" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td>(e) Control experiment with only UVA</td></tr></table>

<div>The FE-SEM images of E. coli in NB and 0.85% NaCl after 180 minutes treated with the SG- and SP-TiO2 thin films and UVA irradiation vis-à-vis the control, given the initial bacterial concentration of 104 CFU·mL−1.</div>

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Figure 9: E. coli Bacteriostatic Action Using TiO2 Photocatalytic Reactions