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UV-C Description
UV-C Kill Rate Table

UV-C Kill Rates
Some Micro-Organisms Killed By Bio Sweeper Germicidal Light Indicated Dosage is UV-C (at 253.7 Nanometers) necessary to inhibit colony formation in a minimum of 99.9% of Micro-Organisms (measured in microwatts per square centimeter). Time is maximum needed using each instrument.

Bacteria

UV Dose (uW/cm2)

Exposure Time (Sec) Using Portable Bio Sweeper

Exposure Time (Sec) Using Mail Clean Bio Sweeper

Subnotes(at bottom of chart)

Agrobacterium lumefaciens

8500

2.83

1.42

5

Bacillus anthracis

8700

2.90

1.45

1,4,5,7,9

Bacillus anthracis Spores

100000

33.33

16.67

 

Bacillus megatherium Sp. (veg)

2500

0.83

0.42

4,5,9

Bacillus megatherium Sp. (spores)

5200

1.73

0.87

4,9

Bacillus paratyphosus

6100

2.03

1.02

4,9

Bacillus subtilis

11000

3.67

1.83

3,4,5,6,9

Bacillus subtilis Spores

22000

7.33

3.67

2,3,4,6,9

Clostridium tetani

23100

7.70

3.85

 

Clostridium botulinum

11200

3.73

1.87

 

Corynebacterium diphtheriae

6500

2.17

1.08

1,4,5,7,8,9

Dysentery bacilli

4200

1.40

0.70

3,4,7,9

Eberthella typhosa

4100

1.37

0.68

1,4,9

Escherichia coli

6600

2.20

1.10

1,2,3,4,9

Legionella bozemanii

3500

1.17

0.58

5

Legionella dumoffill

5500

1.83

0.92

5

Legionella gormanil

4900

1.63

0.82

5

Legionella micdadei

3100

1.03

0.52

5

Legionella longbeachae

2900

0.97

0.48

5

Legionella pneumophila (Legionnaire's Disease)

12300

4.10

2.05

 

Leptospiracanicola-Infectious Jaundice

6000

2.00

1.00

1,9

Leptospira interrogans

6000

2.00

1.00

1,5,9

Micrococcus candidus

12300

4.10

2.05

4,9

Micrococcus sphaeroides

15400

5.13

2.57

1,4,6,9

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

10000

3.33

1.67

1,3,4,5,7,8,9

Neisseria catarrhalis

8500

2.83

1.42

1,4,5,9

Phytomonas tumefaciens

8500

2.83

1.42

1,4,9

Proteus vulgaris

6600

2.20

1.10

1,4,5,9

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Environ. Strain)

10500

3.50

1.75

1,2,3,4,5,9

Pseudomonas aeruginosa (Lab. Strain)

3900

1.30

0.65

5,7

Pseudomonas fluorescens

6600

2.20

1.10

4,9

Rhodospirillum rubrum

6200

2.07

1.03

5

Salmonella enteritidis

7600

2.53

1.27

3,4,5,9

Salmonella paratyphi (Enteric Fever)

6100

2.03

1.02

5,7

Salmonella Species

10000

3.33

1.67

4,7,9

Salmonella typhimurium

15200

5.07

2.53

4,5,9

Salmonella typhi (Typhoid Fever)

7000

2.33

1.17

7

Salmonella

10500

3.50

1.75

 

Sarcina lutea

26400

8.80

4.40

1,4,5,6,9

Serratia marcescens

6160

2.05

1.03

1,4,6,9

Shigella dysenteriae - Dysentery

4200

1.40

0.70

1,5,7,9

Shigella flexneri - Dysentery

3400

1.13

0.57

5,7

Shigella paradysenteriae

3400

1.13

0.57

4,9

Shigella sonnei

7000

2.33

1.17

5

Spirillum rubrum

6160

2.05

1.03

1,4,6,9

Staphylococcus albus

5720

1.91

0.95

1,6,9

Staphylococcus aureus

6600

2.20

1.10

3,4,6,9

Staphylococcus epidermidis

5800

1.93

0.97

5,7

Streptococcus faecaila

10000

3.33

1.67

5,7,8

Streptococcus hemolyticus

5500

1.83

0.92

1,3,4,5,6,9

Streptococcus lactis

8800

2.93

1.47

1,3,4,5,6

Streptococcus pyrogenes

4200

1.40

0.70

 

Streptococcus salivarius

4200

1.40

0.70

 

Streptococcus viridans

3800

1.27

0.63

3,4,5,9

Vibrio comma (Cholera)

6500

2.17

1.08

3,7

Vibrio cholerae

6500

2.17

1.08

1,5,8,9

Molds

UV Dose (uW/cm2)

Exposure Time (Sec) Using Portable Bio Sweeper

Exposure Time (Sec) Using Mail Clean Bio Sweeper

Subnotes(at bottom of chart)

Aspergillus amstelodami

77000

25.67

12.83

 

Aspergillus flavus

99000

33.00

16.50

1,4,5,6,9

Aspergillus glaucus

88000

29.33

14.67

4,5,6,9

Aspergillus niger (breed mold)

330000

110.00

55.00

2,3,4,5,6,9

Mucor mucedo

77000

25.67

12.83

 

Mucor racemosus (A & B)

35200

11.73

5.87

1,3,4,6,9

Oospora lactis

11000

3.67

1.83

1,3,4,6,9

Penicillium chrysogenum

56000

18.67

9.33

 

Penicillium digitatum

88000

29.33

14.67

4,5,6,9

Penicillium expansum