Viruses, bacteria and moulds

Pest microorganisms are a health hazard for your staff and a risk for your establishment’s hygiene and image.

Elis provides a microbial disinfection service that is safe for humans. It provides tailored treatments for the various surfaces and areas of your premises, particularly those used for food preparation.

Bacteria

Characteristics

Bacteria are single-celled living organisms ranging from 1 to 5 micrometres in length.
They have different shapes according to the composition of their cell wall (spherical, rods, curved or spiralled). 

Contaminated areas

Develop in favourable surroundings: nutritional factors, good temperature, humidity, pH, O2 (aerobic, anaerobic)

Way of life

Multiply rapidly through cell division

Fungi

Characteristics

Eukaryotic microorganisms of vegetable origin

Contaminated areas

Transmission via inoculation, inhalation of spores or contact with an infected person or animal

Way of life

Live everywhere in the environment and propagate by diffusing spores into the air

Problems

The source of fungal infections
 

Viruses

Characteristics

Very small infectious agents measuring 20 to 500 nanometres

Contaminated areas

Infection of animal and vegetable cells, analogous to bacterial infections

Way of life

Cannot reproduce alone, must enter a human cell to multiply

Problems

Development in specific cells (e.g. hepatitis virus in the liver)

Service availability

Microbial disinfection service for professionnals is available in France, in those regions :

• Île-de-France
• Nord
• Lorraine
• Alsace
• Loire-Atlantique
• Provence
• Limousin
• Normandie
• Auvergne
• Bourgogne Franche Comté
• Orléans
• Nouvelle-Aquitaine
• Occitanie
• Loire
• Côte d'Azur
• Centre-Val de Loire
• Bretagne
• Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
   

For more information or to ask for a quotation, our teams are at your disposal from Monday to Friday (8.30am - 2.30am and  2pm - 6pm).

Contact us : (+33) 0801 231 00
(Toll-free call)