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Chapter 4<br />

minutes <strong>of</strong> contact. In addition no cells were recovered when the intact<br />

bi<strong>of</strong>ilm was incubated in broth for 24 hours confirming that the coupon<br />

had been sterilised. However the same concentration <strong>of</strong> sodium hydroxide<br />

was not effective at eliminating cells when a bi<strong>of</strong>ilm was established over<br />

an extended period <strong>of</strong> time. The results presented in this chapter indicate<br />

that despite an extensive contact time <strong>of</strong> 90 minutes only achieved a 2<br />

log 10 reduction in the number <strong>of</strong> cells recovered from the surface. There<br />

are limited studies performed on sodium hydroxide as a disinfectant<br />

against an established Salmonella bi<strong>of</strong>ilm although its use has been<br />

documented in industry [218]. Chorianopoulos et al. used a 1mM solution<br />

<strong>of</strong> sodium hydroxide as part <strong>of</strong> an evaluation <strong>of</strong> the efficacy <strong>of</strong> eight<br />

disinfectants against Salmonella Enteritidis [147]. After treatment <strong>of</strong> a 5<br />

day bi<strong>of</strong>ilm for 60 and 180 minutes Chorianopoulos et al. found that the<br />

log 10 reduction <strong>of</strong> S. Enteritidis cells recovered from the bi<strong>of</strong>ilm post<br />

treatment was with sodium hydroxide was 0.12 and 1.50 after 60 and 180<br />

minutes respectively. This trend (slight reduction over the extended period<br />

<strong>of</strong> time) corresponds with what was reported in this chapter although the<br />

log 10 reduction reported by Chorianopoulos et al. was lower [147]. This<br />

difference in log 10 reduction may reflect variation in bi<strong>of</strong>ilm development<br />

methods and concentration <strong>of</strong> the disinfectant agent used. The work<br />

described by Chorianopoulos et al. examined the efficacy <strong>of</strong> sodium<br />

hydroxide at concentrations <strong>of</strong> 1mM, whereas the work in this chapter<br />

used a 1M solution based on the results <strong>of</strong> the MIC test.<br />

As discussed previously, there are very limited studies examining the<br />

efficacy <strong>of</strong> sodium hydroxide against an established bi<strong>of</strong>ilm. However<br />

Parkar et al. also found that a 2% concentration <strong>of</strong> sodium hydroxide<br />

(0.5M) with nitric acid (HNO 3 ) was the most effective disinfectant at<br />

reducing the number <strong>of</strong> thermophilic Bacillus flavothermus cells attached<br />

to steel after 18 hours bi<strong>of</strong>ilm formation [219]. The authors indicated that<br />

30 minutes contact with the sodium hydroxide mixture at 75°C was<br />

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