Microbiology Chapter 9

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Across
  1. 3. chemicals dissolved in pure alcohol-water mixtures
  2. 4. Permanent termination of an organism's vital processes. Loss of reproductive capability
  3. 6. chemical that can kill fungal spores and yeasts
  4. 7. Suffix that means to stand still
  5. 10. /microbicide Chemical agents that kill microorganisms
  6. 11. chemical know to inactivate viruses, especially on living tissue
  7. 13. Boiling water or steam used to sterilize. Requires lower temperatures and shorter exposure times.
  8. 16. Reduces the number of microbes on the human skin. A form of decontamination but on living tissues
  9. 18. Process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms (including viruses) and endospores
  10. 19. Contain a copy of cell's DNA, RNA, ribosomes, and enzymes. Involved in transmitting disease to humans
Down
  1. 1. chemicals dissolved in pure water as a solvent
  2. 2. Physical process or a chemical agent to destroy vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores Removes harmful products of microorganisms (toxins) from
  3. 4. Hot air or an open flame which ranges from 160 C to several thousand
  4. 5. Cleansing technique that mechanically removes microorganisms as well as other debris to reduce contamination to safe levels
  5. 8. The growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues.
  6. 9. Suffix that means killing agents
  7. 12. Any practice that prevents the entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues and thus prevents infection
  8. 14. Chemical agents applied directly to exposed body surfaces, wounds, and surgical incisions to prevent vegetative pathogens
  9. 15. chemical that destroys bacteria except for endospores
  10. 17. an agent capable of destroying bacterial endospores