Viable C. estertheticum cell counts on stainless steel coupons with and without UV-C treatment1,2,3,4
	No. of cells (log CFU/cm²)
Temperature Treatment	UV-C Treatment			No Treatment
	Day 0	Day 2	Day 4	Day 0	Day 2	Day 4
80°C	0.88	ND	ND	1.72	1.48	1.48
Room Temperature	ND	1.33±0.15 A	ND	1.15±1.15 A	2.71±0.16 A	2.53±0.31 A
1 Values are expressed as means ± standard deviations. Values with different uppercase letters in each row are significantly different (P < 0.05).
2 Detection limit: 1.18 log CFU/cm2.
3 ND, not detected.
4 The values for the 80°C group represent one data replicate, while the values for the Room Temperature group represent two data replicates.