Pathogen | UV-C dose (mJ/cm2) | Exposure time (min) |
Virus | ||
Poliovirus 1 | 37.0 [12] | 82.2 |
Rotavirus SA-11 | 36.0 [13] | 80.0 |
SARS-COV-2 | 5.0 [14] | 11.1 |
Bacteria | ||
Bacillus subtilis ATCC6633 (spore) | 78.0 [15] | 175.6 |
Bacillus anthracis (spores) | 97.28 [16] | 216.2 |
Campylobacter jejuniATCC 43429 | 4.6 [13] | 10.2 |
Citrobacterdiversus | 11.5 [17] | 25.6 |
Escherichia coli | 7.0 [18] | 15.6 |
Klebsiella pneumoniae | 20.0 [17] | 44.4 |
Legionella pneumophila ATCC33152 | 7.7 [19] | 17.1 |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis | 24.8 [16] | 55.1 |
Pseudomonas aeruginosa | 22.0 [16] | 48.9 |
Salmonella enteritidis | 16.0 [16] | 35.6 |
Salmonela paratyphi | 12.8 [16] | 28.4 |
Salmonella typhosa | 8.6 [16] | 19.1 |
Shigella dysenteriae | 6.8 [16] | 15.1 |
Shigella sonnei ATCC9290 | 8.2 [15] | 18.2 |
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC25923 | 10.4 [16] | 23.1 |
Streptococcus faecalis ATCC29212 | 11.2 [15] | 24.9 |
Vibrio comma | 13.5 [16] | 30.0 |
Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC27729 | 4.6 [13] | 10.2 |
Yeasts | ||
Saccharomyces cerevisiae | 24.0 [16] | 53.3 |
Saccharomyces ellipsoideus | 24.0 [16] | 53.3 |
Molds | ||
Aspergillius flavus | 240.0 [16] | 533.3 |
Aspergillius niger | 528.0 [16] | 1173.4 |
Rhisopus nigricans | 444.0 [16] | 986.7 |
Protozoan | ||
Chlorella Vulgaris | 52.0 [16] | 115.6 |
Cryptosporidium parvum | 9.5 [20] | 21.1 |
Paramecium | 44.0 [16] | 97.8 |