ch 9 micro

4. Lowest temperature required to kill all microorganisms in ten minutes
5. Heat treatment of liquids that kills pathogens while preserving flavor and nutrients
6. Agent that kills microorganisms
10. Practices that prevent entry of infectious agents into sterile tissues
12. Process that destroys or removes all viable microorganisms including viruses and endospores
14. Agent capable of destroying bacterial endospores
16. Chemical agent that kills bacteria but not necessarily endospores
17. Chemical agent that kills fungi including spores and yeasts

1. Physical or chemical process that destroys vegetative pathogens but not bacterial endospores
2. Shortest time required to kill all microorganisms at a specific temperature
3. Chemical agent that inactivates viruses
7. Reduction of microbes on living tissue using chemicals or scrubbing
8. Agent that inhibits bacterial growth without killing the bacteria
9. High energy radiation such as gamma rays or X rays that sterilizes by damaging DNA
11. Growth of microorganisms in the blood or tissues
13. Cleansing technique that mechanically removes microorganisms and debris to reduce contamination to safe levels
15. Shrinkage of a microbial cell due to water loss in a hypertonic environment