Foundations in Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259705212
Author: Kathleen Park Talaro, Barry Chess Instructor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11.L1, Problem 17MCQ
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Sterilants are compounds or agents that are able to destroy all the vegetative cells along with spores.
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Foundations in Microbiology
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Ch. 11.1 - Prob. 5CYPCh. 11.1 - Prob. 6CYPCh. 11.1 - Prob. 7CYPCh. 11.1 - Prob. 8CYPCh. 11.2 - Prob. 7ELOCh. 11.2 - Prob. 8ELOCh. 11.2 - Prob. 9ELOCh. 11.2 - 10. Differentiate between thermal death point and...Ch. 11.2 - 11. Describe several moist heat methods and their...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 12ELOCh. 11.2 - Prob. 13ELOCh. 11.2 - 9. What happens to microbes that encounter...Ch. 11.2 - 10. Summarize the nature, mode of action, and...Ch. 11.2 - 11. Explain the concepts of TDT and TDP, using...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 12CYPCh. 11.2 - 13. How can the temperature of steam be raised...Ch. 11.2 - Prob. 14CYPCh. 11.2 - Prob. 15CYPCh. 11.2 - 16. Explain why desiccation and cold are not...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 14ELOCh. 11.3 - 15. Differentiate between ionizing and nonionizing...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 16ELOCh. 11.3 - Prob. 17ELOCh. 11.3 - Prob. 17CYPCh. 11.3 - Prob. 18CYPCh. 11.3 - 19. What are some advantages and disadvantages of...Ch. 11.3 - Prob. 20CYPCh. 11.3 - Prob. 21CYPCh. 11.4 - Prob. 18ELOCh. 11.4 - 19. Explain the desirable features of...Ch. 11.4 - 20. Describe the types of halogens, their modes of...Ch. 11.4 - 21. Identify the characteristics of phenolic...Ch. 11.4 - 22. Describe the characteristics of oxidizing...Ch. 11.4 - Prob. 23ELOCh. 11.4 - 24. Explain how detergents, soaps, and heavy...Ch. 11.4 - 22. Describe situations that require high-level...Ch. 11.4 - 23. What is the difference between a tincture and...Ch. 11.4 - 24. Define sterilant, and name the principal...Ch. 11.4 - 25. Summarize the chief forms and uses of chlorine...Ch. 11.4 - 26. What are the superior characteristics of...Ch. 11.4 - 27. What are the modes of action of alcohols and...Ch. 11.4 - 28. Why is hydrogen peroxide solution so effective...Ch. 11.4 - 29. Give the uses and disadvantages of the heavy...Ch. 11.4 - 30. What does it mean to say that a chemical has...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 1MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 2MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 3MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 4MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 5MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 6MCQCh. 11.L1 - 7. The primary action of ______ heat is to ______....Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 8MCQCh. 11.L1 - 9. Microbe(s) that is/are the target(s) of...Ch. 11.L1 - 10. Ionizing radiation like _________ removes...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 11MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 12MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 13MCQCh. 11.L1 - 14. A chemical with sporicidal properties is a....Ch. 11.L1 - 15. Silver sulfadiazine is used a. in antisepsis...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 16MCQCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 17MCQCh. 11.L1 - 1. How would one best describe the state of being...Ch. 11.L1 - Prob. 2CSRCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 3CSRCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 1WCCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 2WCCh. 11.L1 - Prob. 3WCCh. 11.L1 - 4. Think of three situations in which the same...Ch. 11.L1 - 5. Explain what features of endospores make them...Ch. 11.L1 - 6. Explain some of the problems involved in...Ch. 11.L1 - 7. The shelf life and keeping qualities of fruit...Ch. 11.L2 - 1. For each item on the following list, propose a...Ch. 11.L2 - Prob. 2CTCh. 11.L2 - 3. It may seem contradictory that lyophilization...Ch. 11.L2 - 4. A supermarket/drugstore assignment: Look at the...Ch. 11.L2 - 5. Devise an experiment that will differentiate...Ch. 11.L2 - 6. There is quite a bit of concern that chlorine...Ch. 11.L2 - 7. Was the source patient in the case study most...Ch. 11.L2 - 8. Explain why surfactant chemicals are more...Ch. 11.L2 - From chapter 2, figure 2.20. Study this...Ch. 11.L2 - 2. Explain what is happening with this graph that...
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