EP0631610B1 - Improvements in or relating to cleaning compositions - Google Patents

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EP0631610B1
EP0631610B1 EP93906690A EP93906690A EP0631610B1 EP 0631610 B1 EP0631610 B1 EP 0631610B1 EP 93906690 A EP93906690 A EP 93906690A EP 93906690 A EP93906690 A EP 93906690A EP 0631610 B1 EP0631610 B1 EP 0631610B1
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  • This invention relates to cleaning compositions and concerns compositions including a component for disclosing the presence of otherwise invisible soil generally mainly of organic origin, and a component for cleaning soil.
  • the invention also concerns a method of cleaning.
  • Soil ie dirt or contamination
  • Soil of mainly organic origin typically comprises protein, carbohydrate and/or fat, and is generally associated with bacterial or microbial contamination which may present a risk to health.
  • a reagent such as certain dyes, which binds protein.
  • JP 63/159758 (Oguri) concerns toilet seat cleaning compositions and has as its stated objective provision of a composition which will clean and reveal soil on toilet seats. However, the document does not teach how to achieve this objective.
  • the Oguri compositions are stated to contain a component which is coloured on reaction with protein or lipids, so that the appearance of the colour is intended to indicate the presence of protein or lipid.
  • Ninhydrin is given as an example of reagent that becomes coloured on reaction with protein. As stated in the document, ninhydrin turns reddish violet on reaction with amino acids . Ninhydrin does not react with proteins, but instead reacts with amino acids. As ninhydrin does not bind to or react with protein, the reagent is not an effective indicator of the presence of protein.
  • the Oguri composition may include optional dyes such as Rose Bengal for an unspecified purpose, presumably to make the products look attractive.
  • the Oguri compositions are described in general terms as including a surfactant for cleaning purposes, eg polyoxyethylene (30) cetyl ether, and optional solvent, eg ethyl alcohol.
  • a surfactant for cleaning purposes eg polyoxyethylene (30) cetyl ether
  • optional solvent eg ethyl alcohol.
  • WO90/14591 discloses the use of a range of dyes, particularly acid dyes such as Erythrosin BS (E127), for disclosing soil, in combination with a cleaning agent of unspecified nature.
  • US 5039441 discloses acidic, aqueous hard surface cleaners having a pH in the range 1 to 4 for removing greasy soil, limescale and soap scum, particularly from non-acid resistant surfaces, eg. zirconium white enamel (also known as European enamel).
  • the cleaner is preferably in the form of a spray-on microemulsion, and comprises a mixture of anionic and non-ionic (eg. alcohol ethoxy sulphates) organic detergents and various other essential ingredients including carboxylic diacids, phosphoric acid and amino alkylene phosphonic acid.
  • Optional ingredients are listed in column 5, and include co solvents, dyes and adjuvants including perfumes.
  • Example 3 happens to use the protein-substantive dye CI Acid Blue 104, this is purely incidental.
  • the dye is there as a colourant only and there is no teaching of the dye binding to soil.
  • Example 1 the surfactant includes more than 50% of anionic surfactant (1% of sodium paraffin sulphonate and 3% of sodium lauryl ether sulphate (both of which are anionic), with 3% of alcohol ethoxylate detergent (which is non-ionic)). With such a composition the anionic surfactant will bind strongly to protein, competing with the dye. The dye (even if protein substantive) will thus be prevented from binding to protein and revealing soil.
  • the only possible solvent present in Example 1 is 1% of perfume.
  • Example 2 is generally similar to Example 1.
  • Examples 1 and 2 just refer generally to blue dye without reference to a dye that is protein-substantive.
  • Example 3 specifically includes 0.001% (10ppm) of the protein-substantive dye CI Acid Blue 104, although the protein-substantive properties of the dye are completely incidental.
  • the Example 3 formulation also includes 6.67% of anionic surfactant (paraffin sodium sulphonate - Hostapur SAS) and 3% of non-ionic detergent (Plurafac RA-30).
  • anionic surfactant paraffin sodium sulphonate - Hostapur SAS
  • non-ionic detergent Plurafac RA-30.
  • the anionic surfactant will act to prevent the dye from binding to protein, as discussed above.
  • the only possible solvent is provided by the perfume and perfume substitute.
  • the perfume substitute used is alpha-terpineol which is a solid at room temperature.
  • dye can bind to, and reveal, protein when the dye is present in suitable mixtures of dye, surfactant and solvent.
  • the present invention provides an acidic aqueous hard surface cleaning composition
  • dye which is substantive to protein; water-miscible solvent; and surfactant, the composition being effective to clean a surface and also to indicate the present of soil remaining on the surface by binding of dye to protein.
  • the dye can bind to protein to form a visible coloured complex and so reveal soil, with the surfactant (and also to some extent the solvent) performing a cleaning function to remove soil.
  • the surfactant and also to some extent the solvent
  • a cleaning function to remove soil.
  • Dye is thus capable of binding to and revealing soil from suitable mixtures of dye, surfactant and solvent, and such mixtures are also capable of effective cleaning of soil.
  • the invention can thus provide a composite formulation capable of revealing and cleaning soil.
  • Acid dyes are a well known class of dye which are widely used for various purposes including dyeing of wool, colouring of food etc.
  • Acid dyes of the triphenylmethane type that are substantive to, ie capable of binding to, protein (and wool), include Brilliant Blue G (also known as Acid Blue 90, C.I. 42655), Brilliant Blue R (Acid Blue 83, C.I 42660), C.I. Acid Blue 104, C.I. Acid Blue 109 and Acid Violet 17 (C.I 42650). Of these dyes, Brilliant Blue G is currently preferred.
  • Acid dyes of the xanthene type that are substantive to protein include Erythrosin B (Acid Red 51, C.I. 45430) and Rose Bengal (Acid Red 94, C.I. 45440). These dyes have been used as food colourants (Erythrosin B is Food Red Colour No 14 and Rose Bengal is Food Red Colour No 105) and so are well suited to use in compositions intended for household use. Erythrosin B is also on the list of colouring agents permitted for use in all cosmetic products (see EEC Directive 76/768/June 1991 annex IV - Part 1, page 4, No E127).
  • phthalocyanine sulphonates such as aluminium phthalocyanine sulphonate (APS) (eg available from Ciba Ltd under the trade mark Tinolux BBS), and zinc phthalocyanine sulphonate (ZPS).
  • APS aluminium phthalocyanine sulphonate
  • ZPS zinc phthalocyanine sulphonate
  • a dye the colour of which is fugitive, ie the colour of which disappears (and so becomes at least substantially invisible to the naked eye) under suitable conditions.
  • the coloured dye/protein complex preferably also behaves in a similar manner, at least substantially losing its colour under similar conditions, so that any remaining bound dye also becomes colourless.
  • the conditions can be either naturally occuring or controlled by the user, and include the following: chemical reaction with acid or base; oxidation (eg by atmospheric oxidation or bleach); photochemical reactions; physical displacement reactions.
  • the acid dyes mentioned above are all photosensitive to a greater or lesser extent, especially at the concentrations required for disclosure. Rose Bengal and Erythrosin B are especially preferred as these dyes fade relatively quickly.
  • Mixtures of the (red) xanthene dyes and (blue) triphenylmethane dyes may be used in which fading of the blue dye may be accelerated by concomitant Type II sensitised photo-oxidation (see Kirk-Othmer, Encylopaedia of Chemical Technology , (Third Edition), Vol, 8, page 405, Wiley-Interscience publication, John Wiley & Sons (1979) for a summary of dye-sensitized reactions) and for which light absorption in the visible spectrum is maximised for a given amount of dye.
  • Brilliant Blue G is also very sensitive to oxidation with consequent colour loss on exposure to chlorine bleach such as sodium hypochlorite, eg as present in commercially available bleach preparations such as Domestos bleach and bleach-containing preparations such as Domestor Multi-Surface Cleaner (Domestos is a Trade Mark).
  • a fugitive dye has the advantage of any unbound dye remaining after use will become at least substantially colourless under appropriate conditions.
  • any dye absorbed into porous material during use such as in grouting or in scratches in work surfaces, can be prevented from forming a permanent or long term undesirable stain.
  • a dye which is capable of photo-dynamic inactivation of micro-organisms are those which generate singlet oxygen on exposure to light. Excitation of the dyestuff by visible light to a first excited state is followed by inter-system crossing to the triplet state. On subsequent collision with molecular oxygen, electronic energy transfer occurs, returning the dyestuff to the ground state and generating singlet oxygen.
  • Photo-oxidation of any vital component of an organism may result in cell death (protein, polypeptide, amino-acids, lipids with allylic hydrogens, tocopherols, sugars and cellulose).
  • Certain of the acid dyes mentioned above particularly Rose Bengal, Erythrosin B, APS and ZPS, satisfy these requirements and generate singlet oxygen on exposure to light.
  • These dyes are also substantive to protein, as noted above, and so are capable of binding to micro-organisms, typically by binding to cellular protein on the organism surface. This has the advantageous consequence that the dye can bind close to the target micro-organisms thus enhancing the effectiveness of singlet oxygen (which has a short lifetime and therefore a short pathlength for diffusion) against the target organisms. This thus enables targetted killing of micro-organisms with a consequent germicidal and disinfecting effect.
  • the composition is preferably acidic, typically having a pH in the range of 3 to 5, eg a pH of about 4, as acidic compositions are found to have substantially enhanced effectiveness against Gram-negative micro-organisms as compared with neutral compositions.
  • the effectiveness against Gram-positive micro-organisms seems not to be significantly affected by pH.
  • the composition is conveniently made acidic by use of relatively mild organic acid, such as acetic acid.
  • a synergistic effect similar to the synergistic effect discussed above concerning binding of dye, is also found to apply to the phototoxic effect of dyes in admixture with solvent and surfactant.
  • certain solvents eg ethanol, weaken the cell walls of micro-organisms, making them more permeable and so more susceptible to penetration by singlet oxygen. This has the effect of enhancing the micro-organism-killing effect of the dye.
  • micro-organisms in suspension by dyes such as Rose Bengal are known.
  • suitable dyes are capable of photo-dynamic inactivation of micro-organisms on surfaces .
  • micro-organisms are much more susceptible to biocides in their planktonic or suspended state: they are much more difficult to inactivate when attached to surfaces, which is their usual or preferred state.
  • Micro-organisms will normally be on surfaces in the form of "biofilms", that is, embedded in a matrix of extracellular material. This extracellular material may sometimes be referred to as "adhesin" in the literature.
  • compositions in accordance with the invention can be used in compositions in accordance with the invention if appropriate, for example to produce dyes having improved light absorption properties (eg to maximise the light absorbed for a given (total) amount of dye), desired fugitive properties, desired colours etc.
  • the composition typically includes dye in an amount in the range 10 to 100 ppm, eg 20 ppm.
  • the solvent is preferably polar and is preferably a straight or branched chain C2 to C5 alcohol such as ethanol, butanol, isopropanol (propane-2-ol) (IPA), N-butoxy propan-2-ol (propylene glycol n-butyl ether), 2-butoxy ethanol (ethylene glycol monobutyl ether).
  • IPA is one currently preferred solvent.
  • Dihydric alcohol such as ethylene glycol
  • water miscible ethers such as dimethoxyethane, eg 1, 2-dimethoxyethane, may also be used.
  • Mixtures of solvents can be used if appropriate, eg mixtures of ethanol and N-butoxy propan-2-ol.
  • Solvent is preferably present in an amount in the range 2 to 20% by weight of the total weight of the composition.
  • the surfactant is preferably alkoxylated, more preferably ethoxylated, eg being in the form of ethoxylated alcohols.
  • the alcohol preferably has between 4 and 15 carbon atoms, is of straight or branched chain configuration, and has an BLB value (hydrophilic lipophilic balance) in the range 10 to 14, eg 12.
  • surfactants are commercially available, one such material being the surfactant available under the trade name Imbentin 91-35, from Kolb, which is a non ionic C9-11 alcohol ethoxylate, having an average of 5 moles of ethylene oxide per mole of alcohol.
  • Primary ethoxy sulphates may also be used.
  • Mixtures of surfactants may be used if desired.
  • the surfactant is preferably non-ionic or predominantly non-ionic although a small amount of anionic surfactant can optionally be included.
  • anionic surfactant will have the effect of improving the cleaning power of the composition while reducing the disclosing power.
  • Preferred anionic surfactants for this purpose include primary alkyl sulphates (PAS), preferably sodium dodecyl sulphate (SDS).
  • PAS primary alkyl sulphates
  • SDS sodium dodecyl sulphate
  • Commercial mixtures containing a substantial proportion of dodecyl sulphate eg Empicol LX Empicol is a Trade Mark
  • Dodecyl sulphate is a known protein denaturant, is good for cleaning protein off surfaces, and is biocidal.
  • the weight ratio of non-ionic to anionic surfactant is preferably at least 3:1.
  • composition is preferably substantially free of cationic surfactant, but may include a minor amount of cationic germicide.
  • Surfactant preferably constitutes an amount in the range 0.05 to 2.5% by weight of the total weight of the composition, typically 0.5% to 1.5% by weight, eg 0.7% by weight non-ionic surfactant with an optional amount of up to 0.2% by weight of anionic surfactant.
  • composition may include a number of optional ingredients including the following:
  • the composition is in the form of an isotropic, single phase composition and is of particular use in hard surface (eg glass, plastics, ceramic and metal surfaces) cleaning, finding application in a wide range of contexts, including domestic cleaning, eg of kitchen and bathroom surfaces including toilet bowls, cleaning of institutions such as schools, hospitals etc, and cleaning of commercial premises such as factories, offices hotels etc.
  • the compositions are effective for use on surfaces which may harbour soils having the potential for bacteriological contamination in surface imperfections, joints and other relatively confined regions.
  • the composition is preferably formulated as a product intended for application by spraying and is conveniently packaged in a suitable container, eg having a hand operated trigger spray or an aerosol propellant dispenser.
  • a suitable container eg having a hand operated trigger spray or an aerosol propellant dispenser.
  • the container is preferably light-opaque.
  • the composition is applied to a surface to be cleaned in any convenient manner, eg by spraying from a suitable dispenser, wiping on with a carrier such as a cloth or sponge, or pouring from a container etc.
  • a suitable dispenser e.g. a sprayed a container
  • the composition may be applied from rim blocks or from in-cistern devices as well as by spraying.
  • Application might in some cases, particularly in industrial cleaning, be followed by exposure to a light source, eg a white light source such as a quartz halogen lamp or fluorescent "daylight" source. This would generally be followed by a rinsing step if required, eg by wiping with a carrier, application of a stream of running water etc.
  • any remaining coloured dye visible at the location of cleaning indicates remaining bound dye, generally indicative of the presence of remaining protein and thus indicating the need for further cleaning.
  • the cleaning step may be followed by application of a suitable chemical reagent such as chlorine bleach to render substantially invisible any unbound dye or remaining dye absorbed into surfaces such as grouting or in scratches.
  • a suitable chemical reagent such as chlorine bleach
  • the invention thus provides a method of cleaning a surface, comprising applying to the surface a composition in accordance with the invention, followed by rinsing.
  • a solution of the protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) was applied to white glazed tiles in a band across each tile and the tiles dried (at 50°C) to provide a number of similarly soiled tiles which constitute model sources of soil.
  • BSA protein bovine serum albumin
  • Non-ionic C9-11 5EO (Imbentin 91-35)
  • Dye solution was sprayed onto the soiled tiles and the solution left in contact with the BSA bands. After 5 minutes, the tiles were rinsed by being held under cold running tap water for sufficient time to destain the background without washing bound dye from protein-dye complex, typically for about 5 seconds or less.
  • the amount of visibly perceptible colour was quantified by measuring the colour difference (as defined by the CIE (Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage) (1976) specifications for Illuminant D65) as compared with the original colour of the tile surface before staining as measured using an ICS MicroMatch Spectroreflectometer.
  • the amount of colour difference is represented by a numerical value known as delta E.
  • delta E For further details of the technique used see RWG Hunt, Measuring Colour (2nd Ed.) Ellis Horwood, London, (1991).
  • a delta E value exceeding about 1 indicates a colour difference perceptible to the naked eye in these studies.
  • colour difference was assessed qualitatively by eye with a visible colour difference (indicative of a delta E value greater than about 1) indicated as "+", and no visible colour difference (indicative of a delta E value less than about 1) indicated as "-”.
  • Example 2 Tiles treated with BSA as described in Example 1 were sprayed with the formulations to reveal protein, briefly rinsed with cold tapwater and allowed to dry. The intensity of the resulting stains on the tiles was measured spectrophotometrically and delta E values representative of colour difference were calculated as described in Example 1. The results of these factorial experiments are shown in Tables 2 and 3.
  • the data obtained were analysed using the general linear models procedure (PROC GLM) of the Statistical Analysis System (SAS).
  • the SAS system is an integrated system of software developed by the SAS Institute Inc, SAS Campus Drive, Cary, NC 27513, USA. SAS is a registered Trade Mark.
  • the GLM procedure uses the method of least squares to fit general linear models and is particlularly useful for the analysis of variance of experimental designs that may not be fully balanced (as in this study).
  • Figure 1 is a graph comparing the results for controls run with 100 ppm Brilliant Blue G in Imbentin C91-35 solutions at around pH 3.5 but without solvent in the standardised test, with results for 3 component mixtures including IPA at a constant 15%.
  • the threshold of perception is indicated by a horizontal line at the position of a colour diffence of 1. The graph shows that colour difference falls with increasing surfactant level, but it is increased by the presence of solvent.
  • Figure 2 is a 3 dimensional graph of variation of protein revelation, as represented by delta E (DE) values, in three component formulations comprising dye, solvent (IPA) and non-ionic surfactant (NI), and containing varying amounts of solvent and surfactant. If there were no interaction between solvent and surfactant in three component mixtures, the protein relvelation surface would be a flat surface, sloping downwardly with uniform slope for both increasing solvent concentration and increasing surfactant concentration, so that increasing either solvent or surfactant concentration would have a predictable, uniform, additive effect on the reduction in binding of dye to protein, indicated by a reduced value of delta E.
  • DE delta E
  • the protein revelation surface is not flat but is concave or saddle shaped showing that in three component mixtures of dye, solvent and surfactant the reduction in binding of dye to protein is less than the combined lowering effect of surfactant alone and solvent alone. A synergistic effect is thus occuring.
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 2 was repeated, using ethanol as solvent in place of IPA, in formulations comprising 100 ppm Brilliant Blue G and varying amounts of Imbentin C91-35. The results are shown in Table 4.
  • Example 3 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated with formulations including as solvent Dowanol PnB obtained from Dow Chemical Company. (Dowanol is a Trade Mark.) Dowanol PnB comprises n-butoxy propan-2-ol (propylene glycol n-butyl ether). Dowanol PnB is miscible with water up to a level of about 6% depending on temperature and levels of isomers. The results are shown in Table 5.
  • Example 3 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated with formulations including ethylene glycol as solvent. Table 6 lists compositions which all gave perceptible staining in the standardised assessment procedure. In this case, the colour was more intense before rinsing.
  • Example 3 The procedure of Example 3 was repeated with formulations including the commercially available preparation known as Butyl Cellosolve (Cellosolve is a Trade Mark).
  • Butyl Cellosolve comprises the water-miscible cleaning solvent 2-butoxy ethanol (also called ethylene glycol monobutyl ether). The results are shown in Table 7.
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 2 was repeated, using formulations comprising non-ionic surfactant (Imbentin C91-35, 0.7 percent), propan-2-ol (15 percent) and Brilliant Blue G (100 ppm) and varying amounts of anionic surfactant (primary alkyl sulphate (PAS), Empicol LX) to investigate the tolerance to PAS, that is the amount of PAS that could be added before the soil-revealing effect is lost was determined.
  • non-ionic surfactant Imbentin C91-35, 0.7 percent
  • propan-2-ol 15 percent
  • Brilliant Blue G 100 ppm
  • anionic surfactant primary alkyl sulphate (PAS), Empicol LX)
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 2 was repeated, using formulations containing the ether sulphate commercially available from Enichem under the Trade Mark Lialet 111 (average carbon chain length 11 with an average degree of ethoxylation of 3). These experiments clearly demonstrated the effect of added solvent "switching on” the protein revealing effect, as indicated in Table 9. As before, Brilliant Blue G was used at 100 ppm and solutions were adjusted to a pH of 3.5 with acetic acid.
  • Example 2 The procedure of Example 2 was repeated, using 1, 2-dimethoxyethane as solvent in place of IPA, in formulations comprising 100 ppm Brilliant Blue G and varying amounts of Imbentin C91-35. The results are shown in Table 10.
  • the model soil has the following composition: Weight Percent Glycerol tripalmitate 1.0 Triolein 0.5 Kaolin 0.5 Liquid paraffin 0.2 Palmitic acid 0.1 Carbon black (Elftex 675) 0.02 Industrial Methylated Spirits 97.68
  • the soil composition was mixed immediately before use for 30 minutes using a Silverson laboratory mixer/emulsifier, and was applied to tiles as follows.
  • Unglazed ceramic tiles (H & R Johnson Tiles Ltd) were used as a model for porous material such as grouting.
  • Brilliant Blue G dye solution (2 ml, 100 ppm) was applied to tiles via a syringe. The solution spread out radially under capillary action to create a uniformly stained area suitable for instrumental measurement after drying for a short time in an oven (100°C).
  • Replicate reflectance spectra of the stained and unstained tile were measured as in Example 1 (with the stained tile showing maximum absorbance at 620 nm).
  • the stained area was cleaned by wiping with a cellulose sponge cloth which had been moistened with cold tapwater, squeezed out and treated with Domestos Multi-Surface Cleaner (1ml). Immediately after cleaning, the cleaned area was rinsed thoroughly in cold running tapwater, dried as above and the reflectance spectrum remeasured.
  • the loss of dye was determined from the change in the ratio of light absorption to light scattering (K/S) at the absorbance peak using Kubelka-Munk analysis (see D B Judd and G Wyszecki, Color in Business, Science and Industry , Wiley series in Pure and Applied Optics (3rd Ed.), London, John Wiley and Son (1975)) and found to be 99.7 per cent.
  • the measured colour difference from the unstained tile was 0.5, on the threshold of perceptibility in a side-by-side comparison and below perceptibility in monadic presentation.
  • the dye was allowed to dry on the tiles after briefly being rinsed with cold tapwater.
  • the intensity of the stain on the tiles was measured spectrophotometrically as described above before exposure to an artifical daylight source (Atlas Weather-O-Meter) for 5 hours. After exposure, the intensity of the stain was removed and the amount of stain loss calculated using Kubelka-Munk analysis.
  • the total loss of chromophore in the visible region (400 - 700 nm) was measured as the percentage change in the sum of the Kubelka-Munk ratio of K/S (corrected for that of the clean tile).
  • the Rose Bengal stain showed an average loss of 51 percent whereas the Erythrosin B stain showed an average loss of 41 percent.
  • Example 13 Tests were carried out on APS at a concentration of 100 ppm, in solution with non-ionic surfactant (Imbentin C91-35) at 0.7% and propan-2-ol at 10%, pH adjusted to 3.5.
  • non-ionic surfactant Imbentin C91-35
  • propan-2-ol pH adjusted to 3.5.
  • the procedure of Example 13 was generally followed except that light exposure was to artificial daylight (Atlas Weather-O-Meter) for 150 minutes. Under these conditions about 45% of the APS faded. It is believed ZPS will fade faster than this. APS has also been shown to be phototoxic to bacteria.
  • Organisms were grown up by overnight incubation in nutrient broth at 37°C. Cultures were isolated by vacuum filtration using a 0.45um Millipore filter and washed with quarter-strength Ringers solution before resuspension in Ringers solution (10 ml). The organisms in suspension were enumerated by serial dilution and plating with nutrient agar and the total viable count (TVC) expressed as the decadic logarithm of the number of colony-forming units (cfu) per ml.
  • TVC total viable count
  • Test solutions were made up in sterile plastic petri dishes to a depth of 5mm (30mls). A suspension of micro-organism (0.3ml) was added to each solution and gently mixed in. If Rose Bengal was to be included in the test solution it was added last to minimise light exposure.
  • Rose Bengal when used was present at a concentration of 20 ppm, although in some cases control solutions without Rose Bengal were exposed to light and the results for these are given in the following Examples in the columns headed "No Rose Bengal". Solutions were exposed for 20 minutes on a light box. The average intensity at the surface of the diffuser was 4000 lux measured with a Megatron DA 10 light meter (from Megatron Ltd). After exposure, surviving bacteria were enumerated as colony-forming units (cfu/ml) following incubation after serial dilution and plating onto agar. The decadic logarithm of the number of bacteria remaining (as colony-forming units per ml) was determined and compared to the number before exposure as log (start count) - log (final count).

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