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XYTEX 500™
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STATE-OF-THE-ART PROTECTION
XYTEX 500™ is a new shelter fabric developed to inhibit the most resilient bacteria and microorganisms including mold, mildew and fungus. Inside the shelter fabric a microscopic bed of nano size spikes lie in wait to puncture the cell walls of invading microbes, killing them as they come to rest on the shelter’s surface. XYTEX 500’s™ technology is the most effective way to kill bacteria and give DRASH users lasting protection.
FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Independent studies show it significantly impedes the growth of gram- positive gram-negative bacteria, algae, yeast and fungi, and black mold.*
- Fabric’s anti-microbial properties are permanent and do not fade over time.
- Revolutionary technology is EPA registered.
- Anti-microbial properties leave no visible trace on fabric, giving shelter covers the same look and feel as other non-antimicrobial covers.
- Embedded on shelter liner during manufacturing process.
- Permanent for life of fabric.
HOW IT WORKS:
- Microbes land on shelter’s surface.
- Microbe’s cell walls are ruptured by antimicrobial spikes that kill it.
- Surface remains ready for next microbe.
To create a total system solution one should spray protect BioProtect 500® on the contents inside their shelter, which uses the same advanced formula as XYTEX 500™ to defend against microbes. This coating inhibits microbes from growing on the treated surfaces. BioProtect 500® uses a unique, EPA registered technology that remains bound to the substrate and will not leach or deplete as other after-market antimicrobials often do.
WHY USE XYTEX 500™?
- Most offensive odors are caused by microbes, many of them dangerous.
- The World Health Organization recognizes microbes and the infections they spread as the leading cause of death in the world today.
- While many disinfectants disrupt germs on contact, they fail to provide the long-term protection provided by XYTEX 500™. Without this extra level of protection, the germs rapidly re-populate. This long-term protection is not achieved by ordinary disinfectants.
- Rigorous testing by both independent and World Health Organization approved laboratories confirms that XYTEX 500™ has been proven to reduce the growth of microbe populations by up to 99.99% and continues to inhibit their return for the life of the fabric.
INDEPENDENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN XYTEX 500™ AND BIOPROTECT 500® TO BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST:
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Fungi
Aspergillus flares
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus niger
Aspergillus sydowl
Aspergillus terreus
Aspergillus versicolor
Aureobasidium pullalans
Chaetomium globosum
Cephaldascus fragans
Gloeophyllum trabeum
Penicillium chrysogenum
Penicillium funiculosum
Penicillium pinophilum
Penicillium variabile
Poria placenta
Pullularia pullulans
Trichoderm sp. Madison P-42
Trichoderma viride
Trichophyton interdigital
Trichophyton mentagrophytes
Yeast
Candida al bicans
Candida pseudotropicalls
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
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Algae
Anabaena cylindrical
Chlorophyta (green) protococcus
Chlorophyta (green) selenastrum gracile
Chlorphyta (green) sp.
Chlorophyta (yellow-green) sp.
Chlorphyta (brown)
Cyanophyta (blue-green) anabaena
Cyanophyta (blue-green) oscillatoria
Cyanophyta (blue-green) sp.
Gonium sp. (strain LB 9c)
Pleuroccus sp.l (strain LB 11)
Selenastrum gracile
Bacteria (gram positive)
Bacillus sp. (vegetative cell)
Bacillus subtilis
Enterococcus sp.
Micrococcus lutea
Micrococcus sp
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus epidermidis
Streptococcus faecalis
Streptococcus mutans
Streptococcus pyogenesncinerw
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Bacteria (gram negative)
Acinetobacter
Aerobacter aerogenes
Aeromonas hydrophila
Citrobacter deversus
Citrobacter freundii
Enterobacter aglomerans
Enterobacter cloacae
Escherichia coli
Klebsiella oxytoca
Klebsiella pneumonia
Morganella morganil
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
Proteus mirabilis
Proteus vulgaris
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Pseudomonas fluorescens
Pseudomonas putida
Salmonella chloeraesius
Salmonella cholera suis
Salmonella typhi
Salmonella typhimurium
Salmonella typhosa
Serratia liquifaciens
Serratia marcescens
Treponema hyodysenteriae
Xanthomonas campestrisa
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Electron microscope image of actual molecule.
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TECHNICAL INFORMATION
- The molecule is made up of conventional quaternary ammonium salt (organo) and a silane molecule.
- These two parts have been spliced to produce the revolutionary technology.
- Part of the molecule forms a tenacious bond to the treated surface (porous or non-porous).
- Another part forms a microscopic bed of spikes that actually punctures cell walls of microbes as they settle on a treated surface.
- The mechanical kill prevents the breeding of stronger variants or “super bug” microorganisms such as MRSA or C-diff.
* These claims have not been approved or verified by the EPA.
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