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MOLB Chapter 7
Control of Microbial Growth
Question | Answer |
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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 |