Dosage of UV-C in mW sec/cm2 necessary for complete destruction

BACTERIA

Agrobacterium Lumefaciens^

8,500

Bacillus Anthracis*

8,700

Bacillus Anthracis Spores^

46,200

Bacillus Megatherium Sp. (Veg)*

2,500

Bacillus Megatherium Sp. (Spores)*

5,200

Bacillus Paratyphosus*

6,100

Bacillus Subtilis*

11,000

Bacillus Subtilis Spores*

22,000

Clostridium Tetani^

23,100

Clostridium Botulinum^

11,200

Corynebacterium Diphtheriae*

6,500

Dysentery Bacilli*

4,200

Eberthella Typhosa*

4,100

Escerichia Coli*

6,600

Legionella Bozemanii^

3,500

Legionella Dumoffill^

5,500

Legionella Gormanil^

4,900

Legionella Micdadei^

3,100

Legionella Longbeachae^

2,900

Legionella Pneumophila

 

(Legionnaire’s Disease)

2,760

Leptospiracanicola-

 

Infectious Jaundice^

6,000

Leptospira Interrogans^

8,000

Micrococcus Candidus*

12,300

Micrococcus Sphaeroides*

15,400

Mycobacterium Tuberculosis^

10,000

Neisseria Catarrhalis*

8,500

Phytomonas Tumefaciens*

10,500

Proteus Vulgaris*

3,900

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

 

(Environmental Strain)*

6,600

Pseudomonas Aeruginosa

 

(Laboratory Strain)^

6,200

Pseudomonas Fluorescens*

7,600

Rhodospirillum Rubrum^

6,100

Salmonella Enteritidis^

10,000

Salmonella Paratyphi

 

(Enteric Fever)^

15,200

Salmonella Species^

7,000

Salmonella Typhimurium*

10,500

Salmonella Typhosa

 

(Typhoid Fever)^

26,400

Salmonella*

6,160

Sarcina Lutea *

4,200

Serratia Marcescens*

3,400

Shigella Dysenteriae-Dysentery^

3,400

Shigella Flexneri-Dysentery^

7,000

Shigella Paradysenteriae*

8,500

Shigella Sonnei^

6,600

Spirillum Rubrum*

6,160

Staphlylococcus Albus*

5,720

Staphlylococcus Aureus*

6,600

Staphlylococcus Epidermidis^

5,800

Streptococcus Faecaila^

10,000

Streptococcus Hemolyticus*

5,500

Streptococcus Lactis*

8,800

Streptococcus Pyrogenes^

4,200

Streptococcus Salivarius^

4,200

Streptococcus Viridans*

3,800

Typhoid Fever^

4,100

Vibrio Comma (Cholera)^

6,500

Vibrio Cholerae^

6,500

   

MOLDS

 
   

Aspergillus Amstelodami^

77,000

Aspergillus Flavus*

99,000

Aspergillus Glaucus*

88,000

Aspergillus Niger (bread mold)*

330,000

Mucor Mucedo^

77,000

Mucor Racemosus (A & B)*

35,200

Oospora Lactis*

11,000

Penicillium Chrysogenum^

56,000

Penicillium Digitatum*

88,000

Penicillium Expansum*

22,000

Penicillium Roqueforti*

26,400

Rhizopus Nigricans (cheese mold)*

220,000

   

PROTOZOA

 
   

Chlorella Volgaris (algae)*

22,000

Blue-green Algai^

420,000

E. Hystolytica^

84,000

Giardia Lamblia (cysts)^

100,000

Nematode Eggs^

40,000

Paramecium*

200,000

   

VIRUS

 
   

Adeno Virus Type III^

4,500

Bacteriophage (E.Coli)*

6,600

Coxsackie A2^

6,300

Infectious Hepatitis^

8,000

Influenza*

3,400

Rotavirus^

24,000

Poliovirus^

21,000

   
   

YEASTS

 
   

Baker’s Yeast*

8,800

Brewer’s Yeast*

6,600

Common Yeast Cake*

13,200

Saccharomyces Cereisiae*

13,200

Saccharomyces Ellipsoideus*

13,200

Saccharomyces Sp.*

17,600

*Westinghouse Electric Corp.

^Various Sources

Dosage measured in micro-watt-sec/cm2

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