It sterilizes all surfaces exposed to UV rays, while ozone handles shaded areas as a powerful oxidant that kills pathogens in three ways: rupturing cell membranes by oxidizing phospholipids and lipoproteins to leak internal contents, disabling key metabolic enzymes to cut off energy supply, and oxidizing DNA and RNA to destroy genetic material and fully deactivate viruses.
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Germs, viruses and fungi absorb 253.7 nm ultraviolet photons via the thymine (T) bases in their DNA and RNA; two adjacent thymines form thymine dimers to block DNA replication and transcription, stopping microbes from reproducing and rendering them inactive and non-infectious. UV light also breaks down cell membrane proteins and enzyme systems to speed up microbial death.
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