Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 4SA
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To determine
The reason that warm disinfectant chemicals usually work better than cool ones.
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Disinfectants are used to control the microbial population in an environment. A disinfectant is an agent which is used to inhibit the microbial population. It frees a surface or environment from microbes by destroying them. They directly target the cell wall of microbes and interfere with their
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