UV-C disinfection

UV-C germ database

189 peer-reviewed records with UV-C dose–response data (D90 to D99.999), test wavelength and primary source — one record per species × medium × study.

Category
Medium

Bacteria 74

Species Author · year D90 Wavelength Medium
Aeromonas salmonicida Liltved & Landfald 1996 · 254 nm 1.5 254 nm WaterBacillus subtilis Sommer 1998 22 — WaterBacillus subtilis Sommer 1999 19.9 — WaterBacillus subtilis Hoyer 2000 16.1 — WaterBacillus subtilis Nicholson 2003 25 — WaterBacillus subtilis DeGuchi 2005 8 — WaterBacillus subtilis Mamane-Gravetz 2005 15.5 — WaterBacillus subtilis Hijnen et al. 2006 · 254 nm 10.1 254 nm WaterBacillus subtilis Oguma et al. 2010 · 222 nm 10.8 222 nm WaterBacillus subtilis Oguma et al. 2010 · 172 nm 435 172 nm WaterBacillus subtilis spores Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 12 254 nm WaterBacillus subtilis spores Kowalski 2009 · 254 nm 22 254 nm AirBrucella melitensis Rose & O'Connell 2009 · 254 nm 2.8 254 nm WaterBrucella suis Rose & O'Connell 2009 · 254 nm 2.7 254 nm WaterBurkholderia mallei Rose & O'Connell 2009 · 254 nm 1 254 nm WaterBurkholderia pseudomallei Rose & O'Connell 2009 · 254 nm 1.7 254 nm WaterCampylobacter jejuni Wilson et al. 1992 · 254 nm 2.1 254 nm WaterCampylobacter jejuni Moazzami et al. 2021 · 265 nm 6.8 265 nm SurfaceCampylobacter jejuni Soro et al. 2021 · 280 nm 1.8 280 nm WaterClostridioides difficile spores Asma et al. 2024 · 254 nm 384 254 nm SurfaceCorynebacterium diphtheriae Sharp 1939 · 254 nm 3.4 254 nm WaterE. coli Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 3 254 nm WaterE. coli Oguma 2001 2 — WaterE. coli Kim 2002 3.4 — SurfaceE. coli Kim 2002 4.7 — WaterE. coli Quek 2008 2 — SurfaceE. coli Coohill & Sagripanti 2008 · 254 nm 1.4 254 nm WaterE. coli Vermeulen et al. 2008 · 265 nm 1.5 265 nm WaterE. coli Kowalski 2009 · 254 nm 3 254 nm AirE. coli Bintsis et al. 2017 · 280 nm 2.5 280 nm SurfaceE. coli Rodríguez-Chueca et al. 2022 · 268 nm 0.7 268 nm WaterE. coli Rodríguez-Chueca et al. 2022 · 279 nm 1 279 nm WaterE. coli Knobling et al. 2023 · 279 nm 3.8 279 nm SurfaceE. coli O157:H7 Yaun et al. 2003 · 254 nm 8 254 nm SurfaceEnterococcus faecalis Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 4.4 254 nm WaterFrancisella tularensis Rose & O'Connell 2009 · 254 nm 1.3 254 nm WaterHelicobacter pylori Hayes et al. 2006 · 254 nm 4.5 254 nm WaterKlebsiella terrigena Wilson et al. 1992 · 254 nm 3.6 254 nm WaterLegionella longbeachae Cerveró-Aragó et al. 2014 · 254 nm 1.4 254 nm WaterLegionella pneumophila Wilson 1992 2.5 — WaterLegionella pneumophila Oguma 2004 1.9 — WaterLegionella pneumophila Oguma 2004 1.6 — WaterLegionella pneumophila Kowalski 2009 · 254 nm 5 254 nm AirLegionella pneumophila Cerveró-Aragó et al. 2014 · 254 nm 1.7 254 nm WaterLegionella pneumophila Oh et al. 2024 · 280 nm 6 280 nm WaterLegionella pneumophila Oh et al. 2024 · 255 nm 1.8 255 nm WaterLegionella pneumophila Oh et al. 2024 · 265 nm 1.7 265 nm WaterLeptospira interrogans (Serovar Pomona) Stamm & Charon 1988 · 254 nm 0.8 254 nm WaterListeria monocytogenes Collins 1971 · 254 nm 2.2 254 nm WaterListeria monocytogenes Sommers et al. 2009 · 254 nm 1.3 254 nm SurfaceListeria monocytogenes Pérez-Rodríguez et al. 2023 · 280 nm 2.2 280 nm SurfaceListeria monocytogenes Knobling et al. 2023 · 279 nm 3 279 nm SurfaceMycobacterium avium Hayes et al. 2008 · 254 nm 5.8 254 nm WaterMycobacterium terrae Bohrerova & Linden 2006 · 254 nm 3.9 254 nm WaterMycobacterium tuberculosis Xu et al. 2003 · 254 nm 10 254 nm AirPseudomonas aeruginosa Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 5.5 254 nm WaterSalmonella choleraesuis Blázquez et al. 2017 · 254 nm 3.6 254 nm WaterSalmonella enteritidis Gayán et al. 2012 · 254 nm 3.2 254 nm WaterSalmonella typhi Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 2.1 254 nm WaterSalmonella typhimurium Wilson 1992 0.9 — WaterSalmonella typhimurium Gayán et al. 2012 · 254 nm 4.5 254 nm WaterSalmonella Typhimurium Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 2.6 254 nm WaterSalmonella Typhimurium Knobling et al. 2023 · 279 nm 1.9 279 nm SurfaceSerratia marcescens Sharp 1939 · 254 nm 2.2 254 nm WaterShigella dysenteriae Hu et al. 2012 · 254 nm 0.5 254 nm WaterShigella sonnei Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 3.2 254 nm WaterStaphylococcus aureus Gayán et al. 2014 · 254 nm 6.8 254 nm WaterStaphylococcus aureus Knobling et al. 2023 · 280 nm 4.1 280 nm SurfaceStaphylococcus aureus (MRSA) Kowalski 2009 · 254 nm 4 254 nm AirStreptococcus pyogenes Kowalski 2009 · 254 nm 3 254 nm AirVibrio anguillarum Liltved & Landfald 1996 · 254 nm 0.5 254 nm WaterVibrio cholerae Chang et al. 1985 · 254 nm 3.4 254 nm WaterYersinia enterocolitica Clauß et al. 2005 · 254 nm 2.1 254 nm WaterYersinia pestis Rose & O'Connell 2009 · 254 nm 1.4 254 nm Water