A biosolvent formulation that cleanses microbial contamination from surfaces provides bactericidal activity (i.e., kills bacteria) and also bacteriostatic activity (i.e., prevents regrowth) even after dilution with water. These are the findings from recent tests conducted at an independent, certified laboratory. Many cleaners and sanitizers have one or two of these properties, but none are known to have all three.
Many species of bacteria were tested that included known food pathogens such as Salmonella and Listeria, the eighteen recommended species by the FDA for sanitization certification and several others. For all of them the bactericidal activity was greater than 99.99% kill and the bacteriostatic activity i.e. the ability to prevent regrowth was seen even at ten-fold dilution with water. This demonstrates persistence.