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Ozone – Mother Nature’s Freakishly Powerful Sanitizer & Disinfectant

Ozone disinfects and sanitizes by directly oxidizing and destroying a microorganism’s cell wall, causing cellular components to leak outside the cell. Not to get too technical, but this causes protoplasmic destruction of the cell, damaging constituents of the nucleic acids, and breaks the carbon–nitrogen bonds, which leads to depolymerization (aka, death). During the process, ozone splits into oxygen and an ozone atom, which is lost during the reaction with the microorganism’s cell fluids.

The list below reviews many, but not all pathogens ozone can destroy. It shows you the sheer power of ozone. Due to the nature of the direct oxidation power of ozone there is no mechanism for pathogens to create an immunity to ozone as with other chemical disinfectants and biocides.

Viruses

Ozone destroys viruses by diffusing through the protein coat into the nucleic acid core, where it damages viral RNA. At higher concentrations, ozone destroys the virus’ exterior protein shell so that DNA or RNA structures are affected.

VIRUSES SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

Bacteria

Ozone interferes with bacterial cell metabolism, probably by inhibiting the enzymatic control system. A sufficient amount of ozone breaks through the cell membrane, destroying the bacteria.

BACTERIA SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

Fungus and Mold

It is believed that ozone destroys fungi and mold by diffusing through the fungalwall and into the cytoplasm, disrupting the organelles that direct cell function.

FUNGUS AND MOLD SPORES SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

Fungal Pathogens

As described above, the mechanism by which ozone kills various fungi is through the destruction of organelles in the cell’s cytoplasm.

FUNGAL PATHOGENS SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

Protozoa

The exact mechanism by which ozone kills protozoa has yet to be determined. The following table lists protozoan species susceptible to ozone.

PROTOZOA SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

• Paramecium
• Nematode eggs
• All pathogenic and nonpathogenic forms of Protozoa
• Chlorella vulgaris (algae)

Cysts

Parasitic cysts are of special concern in drinking water derived from surface water sources because they are unaffected by chlorine. Ozone at proper doses will destroy

cysts listed in the table below.

CYSTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

• Cryptosporidium parvum
• Giardia lamblia, Giardia muris

Algae

Algae in drinking water supplies release organic chemicals during normal metabolic processes and after they die. These chemicals typically do not cause human illness, but do create problems of taste and odor and the potential for increased formation of trihalomethanes

ALGAE SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

• Chlorella vulgaris
• Thamnidium
• Trichoderma viride
• Verticillium albo-atrum,
• Verticillium dahlia

Yeasts

Similarly to related molds and fungi, various types of yeasts may be destroyed with ozone through the same mechanism.

YEASTS SUSCEPTIBLE TO OZONE

• Baker’s yeast
• Candida albicans
• Common yeast cake
• Saccharomyces cerevisiae,
• Saccharomyces ellipsoideus,
• Saccharomyces sp.