- Cryptosporidium
- Giardia lamblia cysts
- Hepatitis A virus
- Polio 1>2 >3
- H.pylori
- E.Coli cysts
- Helminthes
- M.avium (2000 times more resistant than E.Coli)
Note-- chlorine has bactericidal,virucidal & at higher concentrations sporicidal action
enteric viruses & protozoan parasites are more resistant to chlorine than bacteria(E.Coli)
Hepatitis A virus is more heat stable than another enteroviruses
Enteroviruses are more resistant to ionising radiation than bacteria
Microbes ranked in order of decreasing resistance to disinfectants
- Spores
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- Non-lipid viruses (i.e., hepatitis A, poliovirus)
- Fungi
- Vegetative bacteria
- Lipid viruses (i.e., HIV)
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