What Microorganisms Can be Inactivated by Ozone?

Ozone sterilization is a biochemical oxidation process that can directly oxidize harmful microorganisms. Ozone can oxidize enzymes inside bacteria and viruses that is needed to break down glucose, resulting in the death of the bacteria. Through the direct action with bacteria and viruses, ozone can destroy their organelles and their DNA or RNA structures, resulting in the destruction of their metabolism, which leads to the death of bacteria. Ozone can also penetrate into their cells, acting on its lipoprotein and lipopolysaccharide, so as to cause the permeability aberration and death of the bacteria.

Ozone has a lysis effect on harmful microorganisms including bacteria, viruses, molds, fungi, protozoa, etc. Microorganisms susceptible to ozone include:

Bacteria: Bacillus anthracis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Bacillus, Bacillus paratyphosus, Escherichia coli, Clostridium botulinum, Corynebacterium, Listeria, diphthriae, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus albus, treptococcus C, Streptococcus faecalis, Streptococcus hemolyticus, Streptococcus lactis, Streptococcus viridans, Vibrio clolarae, Leptospira canicola, Micrococcus candidus, Mycobacterium leprae, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Salmonella choleraesuis, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella typhimurium, Shigella dysenteriae, Shigella flexnaria, etc.

Viruses: Adenovirus, Coxsackie’s viruses, Encephalomyocarditis, GD V11Virus, Hepatitis A, Infectious hepatitis, Influenza, Norovirus, Rotavirus, Tobacco mosaic, Vesicular Stomatitis, Legionella pneumophila, Poliomyelitis virus 1, 2 & 3, etc.

Mold and Gungus: Aspergillus candidus, Penicilliumglaucum, Aspergillus flavus, Aspergillus glaucus, Aspergillus niger, Botrytis allii, Fusarium oxysporum, Oospora lactis, Penicillium digitatum, Rhizoctonia solani kuhn, Botrytis cinerea, etc.

Protozoa: Paramecium、Nematode eggs, etc.

Cysts: Cryptosporidium parvum, Giardia lamblia, Giardia muris, etc.

Algae: Chlorella vulgaris, Thamnidium, Trichoderma viride, Verticillium albo-atrum, Verticillium dahlia, etc.

Yeasts: Baker' s yeast, Candida albicans, Common yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces ellipsoideus, Saccharomyces sp., etc.