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Micro organisms
Destruction Chart
Bacteria
|
UV dose |
|
Agrobacterium tumefaciens
|
8,500 |
|
Bacillus anthracis
|
8,700 |
|
Bacillus megatherium (vegetative)
|
2,500 |
|
Bacillus megatherium (spores)
|
2,500 |
|
Bacillus subtilis (vegetative)
|
11,000 |
|
Bacillus subtilis (spores)
|
58,000 |
|
Clostridium tetani
|
22,000 |
|
Corynebacterium diphtheria
|
6,500 |
|
Dysentery bacilli (diarrhea)
|
4,200 |
|
Escherichia coli (diarrhea)
|
6,600 |
|
Legionella bozemanii
|
3,500 |
|
Legionella dumoffii
|
5,500 |
|
Legionella gormanii
|
4,900 |
|
Legionella micdadei
|
3,100 |
|
Legionella longbeachae
|
2,900 |
|
Legionella pneumophila (legionnaires disease)
|
3,800 |
|
Leptospira interrogans (infectious jaundice)
|
6,000 |
|
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
|
10,000 |
|
Neisseria catarrahalis
|
8,500 |
|
Proteus vulgaris
|
6,600 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (laboratory)
|
3,900 |
|
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (environmental)
|
10,500 |
|
Rhodospirillum rubrum
|
6,200 |
|
Salmonella (food poisoning)
|
10,000 |
|
Salmonella enteritidis
|
7,600 |
|
Salmonella paratyphi (enteric fever)
|
6,100 |
|
Salmonella typhimurium
|
15,200 |
|
Salmonella typhosa (typhoid fever)
|
7,000 |
|
Saracen lutea
|
26,400 |
|
Serratia marcescens
|
6,200 |
|
Shigella dysentariae (dysentary)
|
4,200 |
| Shigella flexneri (dysentary) |
3,400 |
| Shigella sonnei |
7,000 |
| Staphylococcus epidermidis |
5,800 |
| Staphylococcus aureus |
7,000 |
| Streptococcus faccalis |
10,000 |
| Streptococcus heaolyeous |
5,500 |
| Streptococcus lactis |
8,800 |
| Viridans streptococci |
3,800 |
| Vibro comma (cholera) |
6,500 |
MOLD SPORES
|
|
| Aspergillus flavus (yellowish green) |
99,000 |
| Aspergillus glaucus (bluish green) |
88,000 |
| Aspergillus nigar (yellowish green) |
330,000 |
| Mucor ramosissimus (white-grey) |
35,200 |
| Penicillium digitatum (olive) |
88,000 |
| Penicillium expansum (olive) |
22,000 |
| Penicillium roqueforti (green) |
26,400 |
| Rhizopus nigricans (cheese mold) |
220,000 |
ALGAE
|
|
| Chlorella vulgaris |
22,000 |
PROTOZOA
|
|
| Nematode eggs |
92,000 |
| Paramecium |
200,000 |
VIRUSES
|
|
| Bacteriophage (E. Coli) |
6,600 |
| Hepatitis |
8,000 |
| Influenza |
6,600 |
| Poliovirus (poliomyelitis) |
7,000 |
| Rotavirus |
24,000 |
| Tobacco mosaic virus |
440,000 |
YEAST
|
|
| Baker’s yeast |
8,800 |
| Brewer’s yeast |
6,600 |
| Common yeast cake |
13,200 |
| Saccharomyces ellipsoideus |
13,200 |
| Saccharomyces sp |
17,600 |
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