Certain bacteria and viruses are far too small to see
The difference in size between a certain bacteria and viruses is about the same as the difference between apples and sesame seeds.
![A figure of size comparision between viruses and bacteira](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_001.jpg)
The virus survives different periods on different surfaces
Survival period varies depending on surface, from 3 hours to 7 days.
![Paper, tissue: Survival period 3 hours, Copper surface*: Survival period 4 hours, Cardboard surface: Survival period 24 hours, Cloth surface: Survival period 2 days, Plastic surface: Survival period 3 days, Glass surface: Survival period 4 days, Banknote surface: Survival period 4 days, Outside of surgical mask: Survival period 7 days](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_002.jpg)
*Copper naturally degrades certain bacteria and viruses.
Survival period differs depending on surface irregularities.
Viruses survive longer on smooth surfaces than on irregular surfaces.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-lifespan-on-surfaces-graphic-2020-3
Effects on certain bacteria & viruses
Airborne bacteria
Staphylococcus aureus1
![A graph showing that nanoe™ X is highly effective against the airborne bacteria Staphylococcus aureus](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_003.jpg)
Airborne viruses
bacteriophageΦχ1744
![A graph showing that nanoe™ X is highly effective against the airborne bacteria bacteriophage Φχ174](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_004.jpg)
Adhered bacteria
O1572
![A graph showing that nanoe™ X is highly effective against the adhered bacteria O157](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_005.jpg)
Adhered viruses
Influenza virus H1N1 subtype5
![A graph showing that nanoe™ X is highly effective against adhered influenza virus H1N1 subtype](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_006.jpg)
MRSA3
![A graph showing that nanoe™ X is highly effective against the adhered bacteria MRSA](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_007.jpg)
Poliovirus type1 (Lsc-2ab)6
![A graph showing that nanoe™ X is highly effective against the adhered virus Poliovirus type 1 (Lsc-2ab)](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_008.jpg)
How nanoe™ X works
![1](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_009.jpg)
nanoe™ X reaches virus.
![2](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_010.jpg)
Hydroxyl radicals denature virus proteins.
![3](/content/dam/panasonic/aircon-en/nanoe/all/how-nanoe-works/bacteria-viruses/img_011.jpg)
Virus activity is inhibited.1–6
1Airborne bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus). Testing organisation: Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science. Testing method: The number of bacteria was measured after direct exposure in an approximately 25 m3-sized airtight test chamber. Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: Airborne bacteria. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99.7% in 4 hours. (24_0301_1)
2Adhered bacteria (O157). Testing organisation: Japan Food Research Laboratories. Testing method: Measured the number of bacteria adhered to a cloth in an approximately 45 L-sized airtight test chamber. Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: Adhered bacteria. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99.99% in 1 hour. (208120880_001)
3Adhered bacteria (MRSA). Testing organisation: Japan Food Research Laboratories. Testing method: Measured the number of bacteria adhered to a cloth in an approximately 45-L-sized airtight test chamber. Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: Adhered bacteria. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99.99% in 1 hour. (208120880_002)
4Airborne viruses (bacteriophageΦχ174). Testing organisation: Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science. Testing method: The number of viruses was measured after direct exposure in an approximately 25 m3-sized airtight test chamber. Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: Airborne viruses. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99.7% in 6 hours. (24_0300_1)
5Adhered virus (Influenza virus H1N1 subtype). Testing organisation: Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science. Testing method: Measured the number of viruses adhered to a cloth in an approximately 1 m3-sized airtight test chamber. Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: Adhered viruses. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99.9% in 2 hours. (21_0084_1)
6Adhered viruses (Poliovirus type1(Lsc-2ab)). Testing organisation: Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science. Testing method: Measured the number of viruses adhered to a cloth in an approximately 45 L-sized airtight test chamber. Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: Adhered viruses. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99.7% in 2 hours. (22_0096)
Results may vary based on usage and seasonal and environmental variables (temperature and humidity). nanoe™ X and nanoe™ inhibit activity or growth of pollutants, but do not prevent illness.
Evidence
Viruses
nanoe™
Target |
Results*¹ |
Test space |
Exposure |
Testing organisation |
Report No. |
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhering |
Novel coronavirus |
99.7% |
45 L |
3 |
Osaka Prefecture University |
||
Bird flu virus |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
Obihiro University of Agriculture |
|||
Swine-origin influenza virus |
99% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Influenza virus |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
208040534-001 |
||
99.9% |
1,000 L |
2 |
Kitasato Research Center |
21_0084_1 |
|||
Bacteriophage |
99.9% |
10,000 L |
24 |
Kitasato Research Center |
21_0143_4 |
||
99.8% |
Approx. |
8 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
13001265005-01 |
|||
Coxackievirus |
99.1% |
45 L |
2 |
Kitasato Research Center |
22_0085 |
||
Poliovirus type 1 |
99.7% |
45 L |
2 |
22_0096 |
|||
Encephalomyocarditis virus |
99.9% |
45 L |
6 |
Charles River Biopharmaceutical |
Virus clearance test |
||
Porcineparvovirus |
99.7% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus |
99.999% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Pseudororabies virus |
99.9% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Canine distemper virus |
99.7% |
45 L |
4 |
Rakuno Gakuen University, |
|
||
Canine parvovirus |
99.8% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Canine herpesvirus |
99.5% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Canine adenovirus |
99.4% |
45 L |
4 |
Yamaguchi University, |
|
||
Feline coronavirus |
99.3% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Feline calicivirus |
99.9% |
25 L |
2 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
207031493-001 |
||
Airborne |
Bacteriophage |
99% |
1,000 L |
1.5 |
Kitasato Research Center |
20_0154_1 |
|
99.2% |
10,000 L |
4 |
21_0147 |
||||
99.74% |
Approx. |
6 |
24_0300_1 |
nanoe™ X
Target |
Results*¹ |
Test space |
Exposure |
Testing organisation |
Report No. |
|
|
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhering |
Novel coronavirus |
99.7% |
45 L |
3 |
Osaka Prefecture University |
||
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
Texcell |
1140-01 A1 |
|||
91.4% |
6.7 m³ |
8 |
1140-01 C3 |
||||
Bird flu virus |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
Obihiro University of Agriculture |
|||
Swine-origin influenza virus |
99% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Influenza virus |
99.9% |
1,000 L |
2 |
Kitasato Research Center |
21_0084_1 |
||
Bacteriophage |
99.9% |
10,000 L |
24 |
Kitasato Research Center |
21_0143_4 |
||
99.8% |
Approx. |
8 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
13001265005-01 |
|||
Coxackievirus |
99.1% |
45 L |
2 |
Kitasato Research Center |
22_0085 |
||
Poliovirus type 1 |
99.7% |
45 L |
2 |
22_0096 |
|||
Encephalomyocarditis virus |
99.9% |
45 L |
6 |
Charles River Biopharmaceutical |
Virus clearance test |
||
Porcineparvovirus |
99.7% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Xenotropic murine leukemia virus |
99.999% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Pseudororabies virus |
99.9% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Canine distemper virus |
99.7% |
45 L |
4 |
Rakuno Gakuen University, |
|||
Canine parvovirus |
99.8% |
45 L |
6 |
||||
Canine herpesvirus |
99.5% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Canine adenovirus |
99.4% |
45 L |
4 |
Yamaguchi University, |
|||
Feline coronavirus |
99.3% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Feline calicivirus |
99.9% |
25 L |
2 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
207031493-001 |
||
Enterovirus 71 |
99.1% |
61 L |
4 |
Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS |
MVCCC-2019/T4 |
||
99.9% |
61 L |
6 |
|||||
Coxsackievirus A16 |
99.3% |
61 L |
2 |
Wuhan Institute of Virology, CAS |
MVCCC-2019/T4 |
||
99.9% |
61 L |
4 |
|||||
Human coronavirus |
99.2% |
68 L |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2003WT8888-00465 |
||
Airborne |
Bacteriophage |
99% |
1,000 L |
1.5 |
Kitasato Research Center |
20_0154_1 |
|
99.2% |
10,000 L |
4 |
21_0147 |
||||
99.2% |
Approx. |
6 |
24_0300_1 |
nanoe™ X (nanoe™ X Generator Mark 2)
Target |
Results*¹ |
Test space |
Exposure |
Testing organisation |
Report No. |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhering |
Enterovirus (EV71) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2002WT8888-00439 |
|
Enterovirus (EV71) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
6 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2002WT8888-00439 |
||
Enterovirus (EV71) |
97.6% |
30 m³ |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J1911WT8888-04860-01 |
||
Enterovirus (EV71) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
6 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2003WT8888-00453 |
||
Coxsackie virus (CA16) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2002WT8888-00439 |
||
Coxsackie virus (CA16) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
6 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2002WT8888-00439 |
||
Coxsackie virus (CA16) |
95.4% |
30 m³ |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J1911WT8888-004860-02 |
||
Coxsackie virus (CA16) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
6 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2003WT8888-00453 |
||
Coronavirus (HCoV-229E) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2002WT8888-00544-01 |
||
Coronavirus (HCoV-229E) |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2003WT8888-00889 |
||
Herpes simplex virus |
99.9% |
30 m³ |
4 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2003WT8888-00889 |
||
Airborne |
Enterovirus (EV71) |
95.4% |
30 m³ |
1.5 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2002WT8888-00439 |
|
Enterovirus (EV71) |
96.9% |
30 m³ |
1.5 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2003WT8888-00889 |
||
Influenza virus (H1N1) |
95.4% |
30 m³ |
1.5 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2002WT8888-00439 |
||
Influenza virus (H1N1) |
98.3% |
30 m³ |
1.5 |
China Electronic Product Reliability and Environmental Testing Research Institute |
J2003WT8888-00889 |
nanoe™ X (nanoe™ X Generator Mark 3)
Target |
Results*¹ |
Test space |
Exposure |
Testing organisation |
Report No. |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhering |
Bacteriophage |
Inhibited 98.81% |
Approx. 139.3m³ |
4 |
SGS Inc |
SHES210901902584 |
|
MS2 Phage Virus |
Inhibited 99.99% |
Approx. 25m³ |
2 |
Shokukanken, Inc. |
227131N |
||
Escherichia coli phage |
Inhibited 99% |
Approx. 30m³ |
8 |
Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science |
2022_0292 |
||
Airborne |
Escherichia coli phage |
Inhibited 99% |
Approx. 30m³ |
6 |
Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science |
2022_0238 |
Bacteria
nanoe™
Target |
Results*¹ |
Test space |
Exposure |
Testing organisation |
Report No. |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhering |
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli |
99.99% |
45 L |
1 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
208120880-001 |
|
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
Eurofins |
2010/456-3 |
|||
Enterohemorrhagic |
99.99% |
45 L |
2 |
2010/456-4 |
|||
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
99.99% |
45 L |
1 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
208120880-002 |
||
99.99% |
45 L |
1 |
Eurofins |
2010/456-1 |
|||
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
Osaka Prefecture University |
||||
Escherichia coli |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
Panasonic Product Analysis Center |
E02-080303IN-01 |
||
Staphylococcus aureus |
99.99% |
1,000 L |
0.34 |
Kitasato Research Center |
20_0154_2 |
||
99.2% |
10,000 L |
24 |
Panasonic Product Analysis Center |
E02-090701IN-01 |
|||
99% |
10,000 L |
24 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
209071031-001 |
|||
99.1% |
Approx. |
8 |
13044083003-01 |
||||
99% |
Approx. |
8 |
SGS |
SHES160600431171 |
|||
Multiple-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
99% |
45 L |
2 |
Toho University Faculty of Medicine, |
|||
Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii |
99% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Bacillus |
99.7% |
45 L |
0.5 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
11000924001-01 |
||
Micrococcus |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
11000924001-02 |
|||
Serratia |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
11000924001-03 |
|||
Kocuria |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
11000922001-01 |
|||
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus pseudintermedius |
99.5% |
45 L |
2 |
Nippon Medical School, |
|||
Bordetella bronchiseptica |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Pasteurella multocida |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
||||
Listeria monocytogenes |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
Osaka Prefecture University |
|||
Bacillus subtilis |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Mycobacterium smegmatis |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Nocardia asteroids |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
||||
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Haemophilus influenza |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
||||
Campylobacter jejuni |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Airborne |
Staphylococcus aureus |
99.9% |
1,000 L |
0.34 |
Kitasato Research Center |
20_0154_1 |
|
99% |
10,000 L |
4 |
21_0142 |
||||
99.9% |
10,000 L |
3 |
21_0044 |
||||
99.7% |
Approx. |
4 |
24_0301_1 |
nanoe™ X
Target |
Results*¹ |
Test space |
Exposure |
Testing organisation |
Report No. |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhering |
Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli |
99.99% |
45 L |
1 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
208120880-001 |
|
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
Eurofins |
2010/456-3 |
|||
Enterohemorrhagic |
99.99% |
45 L |
2 |
2010/456-4 |
|||
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus |
99.99% |
45 L |
1 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
208120880-002 |
||
99.99% |
45 L |
1 |
Eurofins |
2010/456-1 |
|||
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
Osaka Prefecture University |
||||
Escherichia coli |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
Panasonic Product Analysis Center |
E02-080303IN-01 |
||
Staphylococcus aureus |
99.99% |
1,000 L |
0.34 |
Kitasato Research Center |
20_0154_2 |
||
99.2% |
10,000 L |
24 |
Panasonic Product Analysis Center |
E02-090701IN-01 |
|||
99% |
10,000 L |
24 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
209071031-001 |
|||
99.1% |
Approx. |
8 |
13044083003-01 |
||||
99% |
Approx. |
8 |
SGS |
SHES160600431171 |
|||
99.91% |
24 m³ |
8 |
Panasonic Product Analysis Center |
1V332-170703-F04 |
|||
Multiple-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
99% |
45 L |
2 |
Toho University Faculty of Medicine, |
|||
Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter baumannii |
99% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Bacillus |
99.7% |
45 L |
0.5 |
Japan Food Research Laboratories |
11000924001-01 |
||
Micrococcus |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
11000924001-02 |
|||
Serratia |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
11000924001-03 |
|||
Kocuria |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
11000922001-01 |
|||
methicillin-resistant staphylococcus pseudintermedius |
99.5% |
45 L |
2 |
Nippon Medical School, |
|||
Bordetella bronchiseptica |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Pasteurella multocida |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
||||
Listeria monocytogenes |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
Osaka Prefecture University |
|||
Bacillus subtilis |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Mycobacterium smegmatis |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Nocardia asteroids |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Neisseria gonorrhoeae |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
||||
Salmonella enterica subsp. enterica |
99.9% |
45 L |
2 |
||||
Haemophilus influenza |
99.9% |
45 L |
1 |
||||
Campylobacter jejuni |
99.9% |
45 L |
4 |
||||
Airborne |
Staphylococcus aureus |
99.9% |
1,000 L |
0.34 |
Kitasato Research Center |
20_0154_1 |
|
99% |
10,000 L |
4 |
21_0142 |
||||
99.9% |
10,000 L |
3 |
21_0044 |
||||
99.7% |
Approx. |
4 |
24_0301_1 |
nanoe™ X (nanoe X Generator Mark 3)
Target |
Results*¹ |
Test space |
Exposure |
Testing organisation |
Report No. |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adhering |
Staphylococcus Aureus |
Inhibited 99% |
Approx. 30m³ |
12 |
Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science |
2022_1292 |
|
Airborne |
Staphylococcus Aureus |
Inhibited 99% |
Approx. 30m³ |
5 |
Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science |
2022_0237 |