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MOLB Chapter 7
Control of Microbial Growth
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Sepsis | bacterial contamination |
| Asepsis | absence of contamination |
| Sterilization | removal/destruction of all living organisms |
| Disinfection | removal of pathogens |
| antisepsis | removal of pathogens from living tissue |
| Degerming | physical removal of microbes |
| sanitation | decreasing the amount of organisms to an acceptable level |
| actions of microbial control agents | alteration of membrane permeability, damage to proteins, damage to nucleic acids |