Bacterial Destruction Chart - VWR PCR Workstation Instruction Manual

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
required 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
diptheriae
Eberthella typosa
Escherichia coli
Micrococcus cadidus
Micrococcus
sphaeroides
Mycobacterium
tuberculosis
Neisseria catarrhalis
Phytomonas
tumefaciens
Proteus vulgaris
Pseudomonas
aeruginosa
Pseudomonas
fluorescens
S. typhimusium
Salmonella
Sarcina lutea
Sarratia marcescens
Dysentery bacilli
Shigella paradyseneriae
Spirillum rubrum
Staphylococcus albus
Staphylococcus aereus
Streptococcus
hemolyticus
Streptococcus lactis
Streptococcus viridans
VWR Collection PCR Workstation
2 2
= microwatts/cm x seconds of exposure
Microwatt
seconds/cm
8700 YEASTS
7600
2500 Saccharomyces sp.
5200
6100 Brewer's yeast
11000 Baker's yeast
22000 Common yeast cake
22000
6500 MOULD 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 VIRUSES
26400 Bacteriophage (E. coli)
6160 Tobacco mosaic
4200 Influenza
3200
6160 PROTOZOA
5720 Paramecium
6600 Nematode eggs
5500 Chlorella vulgaris (algae)
8800
3800
Other organisms
2
Saccharomyces
ellipsoideus
Saccharomyces
cerevisiae
23
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