UVC glossary A-Z - sterilAir AG

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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- B. anthracis
  
  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.
- B. cereus
  
  Bacillus cereus is a spore-forming, Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic and widespread soil bacterium frequently detected in various foods, including in particular rice, since the spores even survive boiling.
- bacilli
  
  (sing. bacillus) Rod-shaped bacteria.
- bacteria
  
  Bacteria (sing. bacterium) are single-celled microorganisms classified into aerobic and anaerobic strains. Bacteria are prokaryotes. While most bacteria reproduce through cell division, some form spores.
- baktericidal
  
  Killing bacteria or germs.
- biofilm
  
  Biofilms consist of a thin slime layer (film), in which microorganisms (e.g. bacteria or algae) are embedded. They form mainly in water systems, either on the surface of the water or on an interface with a solid phase. Inside the biofilms the embedded organisims are active and growing so that new microbes continuously are spread into the water. By this e.g. cooling systems and water reservoirs get steadily contaminated. Furthermore on dying biofilms moulds and yeasts can settle down.
- biozid
  
  In general, an agent for controlling pests.
- borrelia
  
  Borrelia belong to the spirochete phylum - a group of relatively large Gram-negative bacteria which actively propel themselves forward by rotating around their own axis.

B. anthracis

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.
B. cereus

Bacillus cereus is a spore-forming, Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic and widespread soil bacterium frequently detected in various foods, including in particular rice, since the spores even survive boiling.
bacilli

(sing. bacillus) Rod-shaped bacteria.
bacteria

Bacteria (sing. bacterium) are single-celled microorganisms classified into aerobic and anaerobic strains. Bacteria are prokaryotes. While most bacteria reproduce through cell division, some form spores.
baktericidal

Killing bacteria or germs.
biofilm

Biofilms consist of a thin slime layer (film), in which microorganisms (e.g. bacteria or algae) are embedded. They form mainly in water systems, either on the surface of the water or on an interface with a solid phase. Inside the biofilms the embedded organisims are active and growing so that new microbes continuously are spread into the water. By this e.g. cooling systems and water reservoirs get steadily contaminated. Furthermore on dying biofilms moulds and yeasts can settle down.
biozid

In general, an agent for controlling pests.
borrelia

Borrelia belong to the spirochete phylum - a group of relatively large Gram-negative bacteria which actively propel themselves forward by rotating around their own axis.

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B. anthracis

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.
B. cereus

Bacillus cereus is a spore-forming, Gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic and widespread soil bacterium frequently detected in various foods, including in particular rice, since the spores even survive boiling.
bacilli

(sing. bacillus) Rod-shaped bacteria.
bacteria

Bacteria (sing. bacterium) are single-celled microorganisms classified into aerobic and anaerobic strains. Bacteria are prokaryotes. While most bacteria reproduce through cell division, some form spores.
baktericidal

Killing bacteria or germs.
biofilm

Biofilms consist of a thin slime layer (film), in which microorganisms (e.g. bacteria or algae) are embedded. They form mainly in water systems, either on the surface of the water or on an interface with a solid phase. Inside the biofilms the embedded organisims are active and growing so that new microbes continuously are spread into the water. By this e.g. cooling systems and water reservoirs get steadily contaminated. Furthermore on dying biofilms moulds and yeasts can settle down.
biozid

In general, an agent for controlling pests.
borrelia

Borrelia belong to the spirochete phylum - a group of relatively large Gram-negative bacteria which actively propel themselves forward by rotating around their own axis.