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ULTRAVIOLET
ENERGY LEVELS AT 254 NANOMETER
WAVELENGTH REQUIRED FOR 99.9%
DESTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING MICROORGANISMS |
|
UV
ENERGY IN MICROWATT-SECONDS PER
SQUARE CENTIMETER |
|
BACTERIA |
|
|
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA (LABORATORY
STRAIN) |
3900 |
|
AGROBACTERIUM TUMAFACIENS |
8500 |
|
PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA (ENVIRONMENTAL
STRAIN) |
10500 |
|
BACILLUS ANTHRACCIS |
8700 |
|
RHODOSPERILLIUM RUBRUM |
6200 |
|
BACILLUS MEGATERIUM (VEGETATIVE)
|
2500 |
|
SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS |
7600 |
|
BACILLUS MEGATERIUM (SPORES) |
52000 |
|
SALMONELLA PARATYPHI (ENTERIC FEVER)
|
6100 |
|
BACILLUS SUBTILIS (VEGETATIVE) |
11000 |
|
SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM |
15200 |
|
BACILLUS SUBTILIS (SPORES) |
58000 |
|
SALMONELLA TYPHOSA (TYPHOID FEVER)
|
6000 |
|
CLOSTRIDIUM TETARI |
22000 |
|
SHIGELLA DYSENTERIAE (DYSENTERY)
|
4200 |
|
CORYNEBACTERIUM |
6500 |
|
SHIGELLA FLEXNERI (DYSENTERY) |
3400 |
|
ESCHERICHIA COLI |
7000 |
|
STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS |
5800 |
|
LEGIONELLA BOZEMANII |
3500 |
|
STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS |
7000 |
|
LEGIONELLA DUMOFFII |
5500 |
|
STREPTOCOCCUS FAECALIS |
10000 |
|
LEGIONELLA GORMANII |
4900 |
|
VIRUSES |
|
|
LEGIONELLA MICDADEI |
3100 |
|
BACTERIOPHAGE (E.COLI.) |
6600 |
|
LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILIA |
3800 |
|
HEPATITIS VIRUS |
8000 |
|
LEPTOSPERA INTERROGANS (INFECTIOUS
JAUNDICE) |
6000 |
|
INFLUENZA VIRUS |
6600 |
|
MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS |
10000 |
|
POLIOVIRUS |
21000 |
|
PROTEUS VULGARIS |
6600 |
|
ROTAVIRUS |
24000 |