UVC glossary on UVC disinfection & Co.

The glossary below contains approx. 220 terms and abbreviations relating to UVC disinfection and UVC disinfection.

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    • absorption

      Intake or retention of elektromagnetic waves via conversion to heat, here: 254 nm wavelength radiation.

    • adenine

      Adenine (C5H5N5) is one of the four organic complementary bases in DNA and RNA. It forms two hydrogene bonds with thymine in the DNA-double helix.

    • aerobic

      Organisms which need oxygen (O2) for their metabolic processes are described as aerobic. Most pathogens responsible for skin diseases and respiratory-tract infections belong to the group of aerobic bacteria. Viewed in chemical terms, an aerobic process is an oxidation.

    • amino acid

      Amino acids are organic compounds which join together in long chains to form proteins, among other things. We distinguish approx. 20 different proteinogenic amino acids and a large number of non-proteinogenic amino acids. Amino acids are essential for metabolism and are thus the basis of life.

    • amorphus

      Amorphous is the term used in physics and chemistry to describe material whose atoms form an irregular shape rather than a long-range ordered structure. An amorphous state is generated via rapid heating or cooling. The opposite of an amorphous structure is a chrystalline structure.

    • anaerobic

      Organisms which do not require any oxygen for their metabolic processes are referred to as anaerobic. Enterobacteria (gut or intestinal bacteria), for example, are facultatively anaerobic.

    • anthrax

      Bacillus anthracis is an obligate aerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium known as an anthrax pathogen. The spores of this organism are extremely robust, and the bacterium is extremely important as a potential biological weapon on account of its high lethality.

    • antibiotics

      Antibiotics are drugs used to treat bakterial or parasitic infectious diseases. Antibiotics used to treat fungal infections are call antimycotics. Discovered in 1928, the first natural antibiotic was penicillin, a mould. Today, antibiotics are also manufactured synthetically. They work either by inhibiting cell-wall formation, preventing protein produktion, disrupting DNA transmission, or a combination of all three strategies.

    • aspergillus

      Mikroorganisms of the Aspergillus genus belong to the thermotolerant moulds. Known members of this genus are Aspergillus niger (black mould), der Aspergillus amstelodami and Aspergillus fumigatus. These organisms grow best at high temperatures. A number of aspergillus species form methabolic products that are toxic for humans (mycotoxins), and which cause food poisoning. In addition, airborne spores  can trigger allergies and even attack organs. Aspergillus spores are extremely UVC-resistant and very high doses are needed. See also: UVC effect – relationship between dose and effect.

    • atom

      An atom is the smallest chemically indivisible unit, consisting of a nucleus and one or more electrons. Atoms are the building blocks of molecules, e.g. oxygen (O2) or water (H2O). An undisturbed atom is electrically neutral.

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  • absorption

    Intake or retention of elektromagnetic waves via conversion to heat, here: 254 nm wavelength radiation.

  • adenine

    Adenine (C5H5N5) is one of the four organic complementary bases in DNA and RNA. It forms two hydrogene bonds with thymine in the DNA-double helix.

  • aerobic

    Organisms which need oxygen (O2) for their metabolic processes are described as aerobic. Most pathogens responsible for skin diseases and respiratory-tract infections belong to the group of aerobic bacteria. Viewed in chemical terms, an aerobic process is an oxidation.

  • amino acid

    Amino acids are organic compounds which join together in long chains to form proteins, among other things. We distinguish approx. 20 different proteinogenic amino acids and a large number of non-proteinogenic amino acids. Amino acids are essential for metabolism and are thus the basis of life.

  • amorphus

    Amorphous is the term used in physics and chemistry to describe material whose atoms form an irregular shape rather than a long-range ordered structure. An amorphous state is generated via rapid heating or cooling. The opposite of an amorphous structure is a chrystalline structure.

  • anaerobic

    Organisms which do not require any oxygen for their metabolic processes are referred to as anaerobic. Enterobacteria (gut or intestinal bacteria), for example, are facultatively anaerobic.

  • anthrax

    Bacillus anthracis is an obligate aerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium known as an anthrax pathogen. The spores of this organism are extremely robust, and the bacterium is extremely important as a potential biological weapon on account of its high lethality.

  • antibiotics

    Antibiotics are drugs used to treat bakterial or parasitic infectious diseases. Antibiotics used to treat fungal infections are call antimycotics. Discovered in 1928, the first natural antibiotic was penicillin, a mould. Today, antibiotics are also manufactured synthetically. They work either by inhibiting cell-wall formation, preventing protein produktion, disrupting DNA transmission, or a combination of all three strategies.

  • aspergillus

    Mikroorganisms of the Aspergillus genus belong to the thermotolerant moulds. Known members of this genus are Aspergillus niger (black mould), der Aspergillus amstelodami and Aspergillus fumigatus. These organisms grow best at high temperatures. A number of aspergillus species form methabolic products that are toxic for humans (mycotoxins), and which cause food poisoning. In addition, airborne spores  can trigger allergies and even attack organs. Aspergillus spores are extremely UVC-resistant and very high doses are needed. See also: UVC effect – relationship between dose and effect.

  • atom

    An atom is the smallest chemically indivisible unit, consisting of a nucleus and one or more electrons. Atoms are the building blocks of molecules, e.g. oxygen (O2) or water (H2O). An undisturbed atom is electrically neutral.

  • absorption

    Intake or retention of elektromagnetic waves via conversion to heat, here: 254 nm wavelength radiation.

  • adenine

    Adenine (C5H5N5) is one of the four organic complementary bases in DNA and RNA. It forms two hydrogene bonds with thymine in the DNA-double helix.

  • aerobic

    Organisms which need oxygen (O2) for their metabolic processes are described as aerobic. Most pathogens responsible for skin diseases and respiratory-tract infections belong to the group of aerobic bacteria. Viewed in chemical terms, an aerobic process is an oxidation.

  • amino acid

    Amino acids are organic compounds which join together in long chains to form proteins, among other things. We distinguish approx. 20 different proteinogenic amino acids and a large number of non-proteinogenic amino acids. Amino acids are essential for metabolism and are thus the basis of life.

  • amorphus

    Amorphous is the term used in physics and chemistry to describe material whose atoms form an irregular shape rather than a long-range ordered structure. An amorphous state is generated via rapid heating or cooling. The opposite of an amorphous structure is a chrystalline structure.

  • anaerobic

    Organisms which do not require any oxygen for their metabolic processes are referred to as anaerobic. Enterobacteria (gut or intestinal bacteria), for example, are facultatively anaerobic.

  • anthrax

    Bacillus anthracis is an obligate aerobic, Gram-positive, spore-forming bacterium known as an anthrax pathogen. The spores of this organism are extremely robust, and the bacterium is extremely important as a potential biological weapon on account of its high lethality.

  • antibiotics

    Antibiotics are drugs used to treat bakterial or parasitic infectious diseases. Antibiotics used to treat fungal infections are call antimycotics. Discovered in 1928, the first natural antibiotic was penicillin, a mould. Today, antibiotics are also manufactured synthetically. They work either by inhibiting cell-wall formation, preventing protein produktion, disrupting DNA transmission, or a combination of all three strategies.

  • aspergillus

    Mikroorganisms of the Aspergillus genus belong to the thermotolerant moulds. Known members of this genus are Aspergillus niger (black mould), der Aspergillus amstelodami and Aspergillus fumigatus. These organisms grow best at high temperatures. A number of aspergillus species form methabolic products that are toxic for humans (mycotoxins), and which cause food poisoning. In addition, airborne spores  can trigger allergies and even attack organs. Aspergillus spores are extremely UVC-resistant and very high doses are needed. See also: UVC effect – relationship between dose and effect.

  • atom

    An atom is the smallest chemically indivisible unit, consisting of a nucleus and one or more electrons. Atoms are the building blocks of molecules, e.g. oxygen (O2) or water (H2O). An undisturbed atom is electrically neutral.

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