ch 9 micro

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Across
  1. 4. Lowest temperature required to kill all microorganisms in ten minutes
  2. 5. Heat treatment of liquids that kills pathogens while preserving flavor and nutrients
  3. 6. Agent that kills microorganisms
  4. 10. Practices that prevent entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues
  5. 12. Process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms including viruses and endospores
  6. 14. Agent capable of destroying bacterial endospores
  7. 16. Chemical agent that kills bacteria but not necessarily endospores
  8. 17. Chemical agent that kills fungi including spores and yeasts
Down
  1. 1. Physical or chemical process that destroys vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores
  2. 2. Shortest time required to kill all microorganisms at a specific temperature
  3. 3. Chemical agent that inactivates viruses
  4. 7. Reduction of microbes on living tissue using chemicals or scrubbing
  5. 8. Agent that inhibits bacterial growth without killing the bacteria
  6. 9. High energy radiation such as gamma rays or X rays that sterilizes by damaging DNA
  7. 11. Growth of microorganisms in the blood or tissues
  8. 13. Cleansing technique that mechanically removes microorganisms and debris to reduce contamination to safe levels
  9. 15. Shrinkage of a microbial cell due to water loss in a hypertonic environment