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- 2. The lowest temperature required to kill all microbes in a sample in 10 minutes
- 5. Chemicals, detergents, and alcohol target this cellular component
- 7. A halogen used in gaseous and liquid form for disinfection of drinking water and sewage
- 10. This type of radiation can form pyrimidine dimers in DNA
- 11. Elevated temperatures are
- 14. Removes all microorganisms including endospores
- 19. Lower temperatures are
- 20. This is an effective method to remove microbes from air and liquids
- 21. A chemical that kills fungal spores
- 22. Destroys vegetative pathogens but not endospores
- 24. This chemical agent releases free radicals and is sporicidal at high concentrations
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- 1. Cleaning technique that mechanically reduces the number of microorganisms
- 3. This is a gas at room temperature that is used to disinfect plastic materials and delicate instruments
- 4. Removal of moisture by dehydration is called
- 6. Shortest length of time required to kill all test microbes at a specified temperature
- 8. Chemicals that inhibit fungal growth
- 9. Chemical agents that prevent the growth of bacteria
- 12. Some microbial control agents do this to proteins by breaking bonds
- 13. Decontamination used on the skin to reduce the number of microorganisms
- 15. Any practice that prevents the entry of disease-causing agents
- 16. Moist heat, alcohol, and phenolics target this cellular component
- 17. A chemical that kills bacteria except for those at the endospore stage
- 18. Microbial cell death occurs when there is no
- 23. The growth of microorganisms in the blood and other tissues