Below you will find a listing of the different Microorganisms, Bacteria, Viruses, Algae, Protozoa, and Mold Spores that the Elektra UV system kills through its design lamp output at 30,000 µW/sec/cm2 at lamp end-of-life (EOL). The numbers shown in bold behind the name of the microorganism is the minimum UV energy in µW/sec/cm2 at lamp end-of-life (EOL) require to kill each microorganism. As you can see, some of these microorganisms are relatively simple to kill using UV-C radiation, and others are very difficult and require the high radiation level for proper eradication that the Delta UV system provides (many of this bacterium I often too difficult for normal doses of chlorine commonly found in swimming pools to eliminate ). It is important to note the lamp output energy level designed into all Delta UV systems is the required level specified by the US Public Health Agency for Class A drinking water where 99.9% destruction is required.
 

Bacteria
Aeromonas
3620
  
Legionella pneumophila
3800
 
Saprolegenia Hyphae
10000
Agrobacteria tumefaciens
8500
 
Leptospira interrogans(infectious jaudie)
6000
 
Sarcina lutea
26400
Bacillus anthracis
8700
 
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
10000
 
Shigella dysenteriae (dysentery)
6200
Bacillus magaterium (vegetative)
2500
 
Neisseria catarrhalis
8500
 
Shigella flexneri (dysentery)
4200
Bacillus subtilis (vegetative)
11000
 
Proteus vulgaris
6600
 
Shigella sonnei
3400
Ceratomyxa
30000
 
Proteus vulgaris
6600
 
Staphlococcus epidermidis
7000
Clostridium tetani
20000
 
Pseudomonas aeroginosa (laboratory strain)
3900
  
Stephlococcus aureus
5800
Corynebacterium diptheriae
6500
 
Pseudomas aerginosa (environmental strain)
10500
 
Streptococcus faecalis
7000
Esherichia coli
7000
 
Rhodospirilium rubrum
6200
 
Streptococcus hemolticus
10000
Legionella bozemanii
3500
 
Salmonella enteritidis
7600
 
Streptococcus lactis
5500
Legionella dumoffii
5500
 
Salmonella paratyphi (enteric fever)
6100
 
Veridans streptococci
8800
Legionella gormanii
4900
 
Salmonella typhimurium
15200
 
Viridans streptococci
3800
Legionella longbeachae
2900
 
Salmonella thyphosa (typhoid fever)
6000
 
Vibrio cholerae
6500
Legionella micdadei
3100
           
               

Mold Spores
  
Algae
  
Rotozoa
Penicillum expensum (olive)
22000
  
Chlorella vulgaris (algae)
22000
  
Paramecium
20000
Penicillum roqueforti (green)
26100
        
Sarcina lutea
26400
               

Viruses
  
Yeast
  
Bacteriophage (e. coli)
6600
  
Baker's yeast
8800
      
Hepatitis virus
26100
  
Brewer's yeast
 6600      
Influenza virus
26100
  
Common yeast cake
13200
      
polio virus (poliomyelitis)
21000
  
Saccharomyces var. ellipsoieus
13200
      
Rotavirus
24000
  
Saccharomyces sp.
17600
      
               


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