Module 5
The Control of Microbial Growth (Ch 7)
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Learning Objectives
Chapter 7: Control of Microbial Growth
Chapter 7: Control of Microbial Growth
- Define sterilization, disinfection, antisepsis, degerming, sanitization, biocide, germicide, bacteriostasis, and asepsis
- Describe the effects of microbial control agents and rate of microbial death
- Discuss various physical and chemical methods of microbial control
- Interpret the results of use-dilution tests and the disk-diffusion method
- Identify the methods of action and preferred uses of chemical disinfectants
- Explain how the control of microbial control is affected by the type of microbe