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