Ch 9 crossword EMC

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  1. 4. heat is applied to liquids to kill infectious agents while retaining flavor and nutritional value
  2. 9. dehydrating vegetative cells by exposure to room temperature
  3. 10. cleansing technique that mechanically removes microbes and debris to reduce contamination
  4. 12. chemical that kills fungal spores and yeast
  5. 18. chemicals dissolved in pure alcohol or alcohol-water mixture
  6. 19. physical process or chemical agent that destroys vegetative pathogens but not endospores from inanimate objects
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  1. 1. chemical that destroys endospores
  2. 2. process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms and endospores from inanimate objects
  3. 3. killing agent
  4. 5. inert form of bacteria containing DNA, RNA, ribosomes, and enzymes that will resume activity in favorable conditions
  5. 6. lowest temperature required to kill all required microbes in a sample in 10 minutes
  6. 7. freeze drying
  7. 8. chemical that inactivates viruses
  8. 11. reduces number of microbes on living tissue
  9. 13. chemical that kills all microbes
  10. 14. to stand still
  11. 15. chemical that destroys bacteria except for endospores
  12. 16. growth of microbes in the blood and other tissues
  13. 17. shortest length of time required to kill all microbes at a specific temperature