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15 Cards in this Set
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what are some physical methods of control? |
moist heat dry heat filtration low temp desiccation radiation |
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what are some examples of chemical methods of control? |
chlorine soap phenols alcohols enzymes |
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what is sterilization? |
killing of germs |
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what is disinfection? |
killing germs on inanimate objects |
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what is sanitization? |
cleaning humans |
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what is filtration? |
removing bacteria |
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what is antisepsis? |
killing germs on living things |
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what is bacteriostasis? |
inhibiting growth of microbes |
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what does the suffix -cidal mean? |
destruction of microbes |
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what do X-rays and uv rays do? |
damage dna |
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does X-rays or uv rays penetrate cells? |
X-rays |
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what do chlorine, bleach and iodine do? |
denature proteins and lipids |
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what do soaps do? |
breakdown lipids |
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what do phenols do? |
denature proteins |
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what do alcohols do? |
denature proteins and damage cell membranes |
