Pathogen |
Dosage |
Aspergillus Niger (Black Mount) |
Destroyed by 1.5 to 2 mg/I |
Bacillus Bacteria |
Destroyed by 0.2 m/I within 30 seconds |
Bacillus Anthracis (causes anthrax in sheep, cattle and pigs. Also a human pathogen) |
Ozone susceptible |
Bacillus cereus |
99% destruction after 5-min at 0.12 mg/l in water |
B. cereus (spores) |
99% destruction after 5-min at 2.3 mg/l in water |
Bacillus subtilis |
90% reduction at 0.10-PPM for 33 minutes |
Bacteriophage f2 |
99.99% destruction at 0.41 mg/l for 10-seconds in water |
Botrytis cinerea |
3.8 mg/l for 2 minutes |
Candida Bacteria |
Ozone susceptible |
Clavibacter michiganense |
99.99% destruction at 1.1 mg/l for 5 minutes |
Cladosporium |
90% reduction at 0.10-PPM for 12.1 minutes |
Clostridium Bacteria |
Ozone susceptible |
Clostridium Botulinum Spores. Its toxin paralyses the central nerve system, being a poison multiplying in food and meals. |
0.4 to 0.5 mg/l threshold value |
Coxsackie Virus A9 |
95% destruction at 0.035 mg/l for 10-seconds in water |
Coxsackie Virus B5 |
99.99% destruction at 0.4 mg/l for 2.5-minutes in sludge effluent |
Diphtheria Pathogen |
Destroyed by 1.5 to 2 mg/l |
Eberth Bacillus (Typhus abdomanalis). Spreads typically by aqueous infection and causes typhoid. |
Destroyed by 1.5 to 2 mg/l |
Echo Virus 29: The virus most sensitive to ozone. |
After a contact time of 1 minute at 1 mg/l of ozone, 99.999% killed. |
Enteric virus |
95% destruction at 4.1 mg/l for 29 minutes in raw wastewater |
Escherichia Coli Bacteria (from feces) |
Destroyed by 0.2 mg/l within 30 seconds in air |
E-coli (in clean water) |
99.99% destruction at 0.25 mg/l for 1.6 minutes |
E-coli (in wastewater) |
99.9% destruction at 2.2 mg/l for 19 minutes |
Encephalomyocarditis Virus |
Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds with 0.1 to 0.8 mg/l. |
Endamoebic Cysts Bacteria |
Ozone susceptible |
Enterovirus Virus |
Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds with 0.1 to 0.8 mg/l. |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. lycopersici |
1.1 mg/l for 10 minutes |
Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. melonogea |
99.99 % destruction at 1.1 mg/l for 20 minutes |
GDVII Virus |
Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds with 0.1 to 0.8 mg/l. |
Hepatitis A virus |
99.5% reduction at 0.25 mg/l for 2-seconds in a phosphate buffer |
Herpes Virus |
Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds wit 0.1 to 0.8 mg/l. |
Influenza Virus 0.4 to 0.5 mg/l threshold value |
0.4 to 0.5 mg/l threshold value |
Klebs-Loffler Bacillus |
Destroyed by 1.5 to 2 mg/l |
Legionella pneumophila |
99.99% destruction at 0.32 mg/l for 20 minutes in distilled water |
Luminescent Basidiomycetes (species having no melanin pigment). |
Destroyed in 10 minutes at 100-PPM |
Mucor piriformis |
3.8 mg/l for 2 minutes |
Mycobacterium avium |
99.9% with a CT value of 0.17 in water |
Mycobacterium foruitum |
90% destruction at 0.25 mg/l for 1.6 minutes in water |
Penicillium Bacteria |
Ozone susceptible |
Phytophthora parasitica |
3.8 mg/l for 2 minutes |
Poliomyelitis Virus |
99.99% kill with 0.3 to 0.4 mg/l in 3-4 minutes |
Poliovirus type 1 |
99.5% destruction at 0.25 mg/l for 1.6 minutes in water |
Proteus Bacteria |
Very susceptible |
Pseudomonas Bacteria |
Very susceptible |
Rhabdovirus virus |
Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds with 0.1 to 0.8 mg/l |
Salmonella Bacteria |
Very susceptible |
Salmonella typhimurium |
99.99% destruction at 0.25 mg/l for 1.67 minutes in water |
Schistosoma Bacteria Very susceptible |
Very susceptible |
Staph epidermidis |
90% reduction at 0.1-ppm for 1.7 min |
Staphylococci |
Destroyed by 1.5 to 2.0 mg/l |
Stomatitis Virus |
Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds with 0.1 to 0.8 mg/l |
Streptococcus Bacteria |
Destroyed by 0.2 mg/l within 30 seconds |
Verticillium dahliae |
99.99 % destruction at 1.1 mg/l for 20 minutes |
Vesicular Virus |
Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds with 0.1 to 0.8 mg/l |
Virbrio Cholera Bacteria |
Very susceptible |
Vicia Faba progeny |
Ozone causes chromosome aberration and its effect is twice that observed by the action of X-rays |