Highlights
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Strong and weak acidic electrolyzed waters completely inactivated tested pathogenic bacteria cell suspensions within 2 and 4 min depending on the bacteria.
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Strong and weak acidic electrolyzed waters inactivated E. coli O104:H4 in 4 and 6 min, respectively.
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Alkaline electrolyzed water treatments showed 1 to 3 log reduction in tested bacteria.