Application of Highly Purified Electrolyzed Chlorine Dioxide for Tilapia Fillet Disinfection

Table 2

Total bacterial counts of tilapia fillets for various purities in 400 ppm chlorine dioxide solutions.

Treatment time (min)	ClO2 purity (%)
	45%	50%	60%	70%	80%	90%	99%
	Total bacteria count log (CFU/g)*
5	5.60^a	5.51^a	4.53^b	4.38^c	4.13^d	3.96^e	3.23^f
15	5.44^a	5.43^a	4.3^b	4.09^c	3.98^d	3.29^e	2.1^f
25	5.33^a	4.3^b	3.13^c	2.91^b	2.74^e	2.54^f	1.09^g

a--gMeans in the same column followed by different superscripts are significantly different at 𝑃<0.05 (Duncan’s multiple range test).
*Original microbial load: 5.72 log (CFU/g).