Ozone and Pathogens
Ozone is widely used in many different industries to disinfect, sanitize, and removes viruses, bacterium and other pathogens. Because everything is comprised of molecules, ozone works against pathogens at a molecular level that the human eye cannot see. Ozone molecules come in contact with a living organism, like a bacterium. It then smashes the bacterial wall and creates a hole within the bacteria. From here the ozone travels around the bacteria cell generating more holes. The final step is the destruction of the bacteria because it can no longer keep up with the breaking up of its cells. Below is a list of general pathogens known to broken down by ozone.
| Bacteria Name | Dosage |
| Bacillus Bacteria | Destroyed by 0.2 m/I within 30 seconds |
| Bacillus subtilis | 90% reduction at 0.10-PPM for 33 minutes |
| Botrytis cinerea | 3.8 mg/l for 2 minutes |
| 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 |
| Poliovirus type 1 | 99.5% destruction at 0.25 mg/l for 1.6 minutes in water |
| Coxsackie Virus B5 | 99.99% destruction at 0.4 mg/l for 2.5-minutes in sludge effluent |
| Encephalomyocarditis Virus | Destroyed to zero level in less than 30 seconds with 0.1 to 0.8 mg |