In light of the COVID-19 pandemic many people are more conscious about cleaning their household surfaces. Your sister says she is going to disinfect the kitchen counter. She sprays on the Lysol antibacterial kitchen cleaneser and immediately wipes off the surface. Is she disinfecting the surface? Explain why or why not?

What is one situation where Koch’s postulates are impossible to complete? In other words, what factors about a microbe or factors about a disease make it impossible for Koch's postulate to be performed with that microbe or disease?

Most hospitals use hand sanitizers that claim to “kill 99.99% of illness causing germs”. What are some possible reasons that 0.01% of germs (germs = microorganisms and viruses) not affected by hand sanitizer? (In your answer, you should state what hand sanitizer is made of, and the mechanism by which it kills “germs”.

Broad-spectrum drugs target a wide variety of bacterial pathogens. Even when the broad-spectrum drug is capable of killing a target pathogen, it may not be the best treatment. Which statement best explains why a broad spectrum drug might be an undesirable treatment choice?   Broad-spectrum antimicrobials are usually toxic to the host cells. Broad-spectrum antimicrobials only work if they are used shortly after the infection begins. Broad-spectrum antimicrobials may kill much of the normal microbiota. Broad-spectrum antimicrobials are not able to kill bacteria that are in their log phase of growth. Broad-spectrum antimicrobials may stimulate excess growth of the normal microbiota.

What is the purpose of the antimicrobial susceptibility test? What information can you gather from this method?

What actions described in the video do you think are similar to the COVID-19 threat today and why? What efforts by the government or other officials actually made the 1918 pandemic worse? Are any of these same actions occurring today? What is most shocking to you about the events described in the video about the 1918 pandemic? Are any of those shocking events now occurring in a similar way in response to COVID-19?

What can be done on a "Macro level" to solve the issue of COVID-19 Pandemic?

Q50 Microbes cannot be used to produce hormones, enzymes and fuel products.A) TrueB) False

Infection control is one of the facilities related to healthcare to prevent the spread of microorganisms from patient to patient to patient and patient to the staff member   Question options: A) True B) False

In figure 3, what do the letters C, S, P, and m indicate in panel A? I need help finding the answer in the article  link to article: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC106848/