Bacterial Destruction Chart - VWR peqlab PCR Workstation Pro Instruction Manual

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Bacterial destruction chart

The germicidal destruction rate calculation:
Microwatt seconds/cm
The bacterial destruction chart below indicates the amount of shortwave (254 nm) UV energy re-
quired for complete destruction of various organisms.
Bacteria
Bacillus anthracis
S. enteritidis
B. Megatherium sp.
(veg.)
B. Megatherium sp.
(spores)
B. parathyphosus
B. subtilis
B. subtilis spores
Clostridium tetani
Corynebacterium dipthe-
riae
Eberthella typosa
Escherichia coli
Micrococcus cadidus
Micrococcus sphae-
roides
Mycobacterium tubercu-
losis
Neisseria catarrhalis
Phytomonas tumefa-
ciens
Proteus vulgaris
Pseudomonas aerugi-
nosa
Pseudomonas fluores-
cens
S. typhimusium
Salmonella
Sarcina lutea
Sarratia marcescens
Dysentery bacilli
Shigella paradyseneriae
Spirillum rubrum
Staphylococcus albus
Staphylococcus aereus
Streptococcus hemolyti-
cus
Streptococcus lactis
Streptococcus viridans
PEQLAB_v0517_E
2 2
= microwatts/cm x seconds of exposure
Microwatt
2
seconds/cm
8700 YEAST
7600
2500 Saccharomyces sp.
5200
6100 Brewer's yeast
11000 Baker's yeast
22000 Common yeast cake
22000
6500 MOLD SPORES
4100 Penicillium roqueforti
6600 Penicillium expansum
12300 Penicillium digitatus
15400 Aspergillus glaucus
1000 Aspergillus flavus
8500 Aspergillus niger
8500 Rhisopus nigricans
6600 Mucor racemosus A
10500 Mucor racemosus B
6600 Oospora lactis
15200
10000 VIRUS
26400 Bacteriophage (E. coli)
6160 Tobacco mosaic
4200 Influenza
3200
6160 PROTOZOA
5720 Paramecium
6600 Nematode eggs
5500 Chlorella vulgaris (algae)
8800
3800
21
Other organisms
Saccharomyces ellipsoi-
deus
Saccharomyces cere-
visiae
Microwatt
2
seconds/cm
13200
17600
13200
6600
8800
13200
26400
22000
88000
88000
99000
330000
220000
35200
35200
11000
6600
44000
6600
200000
9200
22000