Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water to Remove Methylobacterium mesophilicum, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and Cladosporium cladosporioides in Households
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water Generation
2.2. Culture Preparation
2.3. In Vitro Experiments
2.4. Mesh Experiment
3. Results
3.1. Pink-Colored Biofilm
3.2. Black Mold
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Concentration (mg/L) | pH (-) | |
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Distilled water | - | 7.01 ± 0.23 |
Apia 60 (SAEW 20) | 20 ± 1 | 5.71 ± 0.18 |
Apia 270 (SAEW 40) | 42 ± 2 | 6.01 ± 0.04 |
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Naka, A.; Nakamura, K.; Kurahashi, M. Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water to Remove Methylobacterium mesophilicum, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and Cladosporium cladosporioides in Households. Appl. Microbiol. 2021, 1, 607-614. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol1030039
Naka A, Nakamura K, Kurahashi M. Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water to Remove Methylobacterium mesophilicum, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and Cladosporium cladosporioides in Households. Applied Microbiology. 2021; 1(3):607-614. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol1030039
Chicago/Turabian StyleNaka, Angelica, Kenji Nakamura, and Midori Kurahashi. 2021. "Slightly Acidic Electrolyzed Water to Remove Methylobacterium mesophilicum, Rhodotorula mucilaginosa and Cladosporium cladosporioides in Households" Applied Microbiology 1, no. 3: 607-614. https://doi.org/10.3390/applmicrobiol1030039