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The susceptibility of the biofilm-forming bacterium Pantoea agglomerans to the lethal effects of cold atmospheric gas plasmas was investigated. When biofilms of P. agglomerans were produced on membranes and treated using a gas plasma, young biofilms (< 10 h old) showed viability reductions of between 4 and 5 log10 when treated for 300 s. Biofilms aged 20 or 30 h were reduced by approximately...