CH9
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- 3. compound can be toxic to human cells and may cause side effects
- 5. a combination of freezing and drying
- 7. endospores exhibit greatest resistance to heat
- 10. the lowest temperature required to kill all microbes in a sample in 10 minutes
- 13. Must be sterilized before use
- 15. cells vary in sensitivity to heat, depending on microbe type
- 16. Vegetative cells directly exposed to normal room,temperature gradually become dehydrated
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- 1. contact with muscoal membranes
- 2. Killing agents depending on how they are used
- 4. shortest length of time required to kill all test microbes at a specified temperature
- 6. chemicals dissolved in pure water as the solvent
- 8. chemicals dissolved in pure alcohol or alcohol-water mixtures
- 9. require only low level disinfection
- 11. intense heat ignites and reduces microbes and other substances to ashes and gas.
- 12. volume of solvent to achieve a certain ratio
- 14. a small volume of the liquid chemical is diluted in a