Micro Chapter 9

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Across
  1. 4. chemical that can kill fungal spores and yeasts
  2. 9. Physical process or a chemical agent to destroy vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores
  3. 12. shortest length of time required to kill all test microbes at a specified temperature
  4. 13. Reduces the number of microbes on human skin
  5. 14. the lowest temperature required to kill all microbes in a sample in 10 minutes
  6. 15. chemical known to inactivate viruses, especially on living tissue
Down
  1. 1. the growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues
  2. 2. Cleansing technique that mechanically removes microorganisms as well as other debris to reduce contamination to safe levels
  3. 3. Process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms (including viruses) and endospores
  4. 5. chemical agents that kill microorganisms
  5. 6. chemical that destroys bacteria except for endospore
  6. 7. direct exposure to such intense heat ignites and reduces microbes and other substances to ashes and gas.
  7. 8. contain a copy of cell’s DNA, RNA, ribosomes, & enzymes
  8. 10. an agent capable of destroying bacterial endospores
  9. 11. any practice that prevents the entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues and thus prevents infection