Technical Bulletin

Organisms Inactivated by Gamma Irradiation

at 25 - 35 kGy
(Summarized from in-depth validation performed by SAFC Biosciences)

Organism Type Size Log Reduction

E.coli Gram Negative rod 1.5 µm - 4.0 µm >6
Escherichia coli

B.pumilus Gram Positive rod 0.6 µm - 2.5 µm >6

Bacillus pumilus Spore former

C.albicans Fungus (dimorphic) 2 µm - 3 µm >6

Candida albicans

A.laidlawii Mycoplasma 0.3 µm - 0.8 µm >8

Acholeplasma laidlawii

JH Strauss Bacteriophage 24 nm - 26 nm 1

BVD Togavirus (NADL - strain) 30 nm - 60 nm 6

Bovine Viral Diarrhea ssRNA enveloped
(cytopathic)

PI3 Paramyxovirus 100 nm - 250 nm 6

Parainfluenza Type 3 ssRNA enveloped

IBR
Infectious Bovine Herpes 100 nm 5
Rhinotracheitis dsDNA enveloped

BTV Orbivirus 60 nm - 80 nm >3

Bluetongue Virus dsRNA

FELV Retrovirus 100 nm - 120 nm >3

Feline Leukemia Virus RNA

MVM Parvovirus 25 nm 2
Minute Virus of Mice ssDNA nonenveloped

PPV Parvovirus 18 nm - 25 nm 1
Porcine Parvovirus ssDNA nonenveloped

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USA UNITED KINGDOM AUSTRALIA

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