Research Article

Inactivation of Microbial Food Contamination of Plastic Cups Using Nonthermal Plasma and Hydrogen Peroxide

Table 3

Decontamination effect of NTP with hydrogen peroxide aerosol in 1 l cylindrical containers indicated as both inhibition zone (% of area) and total cfu for exposure time (t).

MicroorganismInhibition zone (% of area)/grown cfu

S. epidermidis100/0100/0100/0
A. niger100/0100/0100/0
C. sphaerospermum100/0100/0100/0
Eurotium sp. strain 1/100/0100/0
Eurotium sp. strain 2/100/0100/0
A. oryzae//100/0
T. atroviride//100/0
Alternaria sp./uncount//