Inactivation of molds by germicidal ultraviolet energy

✍ Scribed by Matthew Luckiesh; A.H. Taylor; Thomas Knowles; E.T. Leppelmeier

• Book ID: 103075422
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1949
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 898 KB
• Volume: 248
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0016-0032
• DOI: 10.1016/0016-0032(49)90948-5

✦ Synopsis

Spoilage of foodstuffs and manufactured products by molds results in great economic losses; therefore, any practical method of reducing these losses is of vital interest. Ultraviolet energy of certain wavelengths has been known to be effective for this purpose, and the advent of more efficient sources of such energy has stimulated interest in obtaining quantitative data regarding its effectiveness. Therefore, the results presented herewith pertaining to the effectiveness of ultraviolet energy in the spectral region of X2537 are of considerable practical interest and importance.

Fie. 1. Mold cultures demonstrating the prevalence of spores in air sampled at various locations.