Table 3

Time	**SalmonellaTyphimurium**	*Escherichia coli* O157:H7	*Listeria monocytogenes*
Day 0	1.8 ±0.17^a	0.9 ±0.2^a	5.8 ±0.08^a
Day 1	2.6 ±0.03^b	6.1 ±0.09^b	5.8 ±0.05^a
Day 2	3.7 ±0.27^b	4.0 ±0.3^b	5.8 ±0.01^a

Carpet coupons inoculated with 3 different pathogenic bacteria were treated with titanium dioxide and incubated in the absence of light. Viability analyses were conducted over 2-days

Table 3: Log reduction of pathogenic bacteria on carpet coupons incubated in dark conditions after exposure to the sanitizing agent.