| Viable C. estertheticum cell counts after temperature and UV-C treatment1 | |||
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No. of cells (log CFU/cm²)
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UV-C Treatment
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| 80% duty cycle | 50% duty cycle | No Treatment | |
| 80°C | 2.36 ± 0.44 A | 2.12 ± 0.21 A | 5.5 ± 0.18 B |
| 60°C | 1.46 ± 0.91 A | 1.92 ± 0.87 A | 5.76 ± 0.01 B |
| Room Temperature | 0.97 ± 0.21 A | 1.66 ± 0.76 A | 6.15 ± 0.01 B |
| 1 Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations. Values with different lowercase letters in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05). | |||