Sterilizationis the process of destroying all living organisms and viruses. Disinfection is the elimination of microorganisms, but not necessarily endospores, from inanimate objects or surfaces. ... An agent that is cidal in action kills microorganisms. What do you call the substance used to control...
Though poisonous, it is viewed as a possible sign of life because on Earth the gas is made by microorganisms that live in oxygen-free environments. “I was very surprised, in fact,” astronomer Jane Greaves of Cardiff University in Wales and lead author of the research, told MSN. “There...
Sterilization is adestructionof all microorganisms and their spores. Pasteurization is a process that kills the pathogenic bacteria by heating to a certain temperature for a set period of time. ... Pasteurization only destroys the vegetative forms of the bacteria. What is pasteurization in simple wo...
The pasteurization process that kills microorganisms in milk, also destroys the Vitamin C content, as well as significantly diminishes various other health benefits of milk. Milk is also generally homogenized, which is where the milk is forced through high pressure, narrow tubes to break down fat ...
A bactericidal, or bacteriocidal, is anything that kills bacteria, single-celled microorganisms that can be harmful to other organisms. Bacteria are very small organisms that can survive in nearly every environment on earth from warm, damp soil to radioactive waste that would severely harm other ...
In free-living amoebae, phagocytosis ingests, kills and digests other microorganisms to feed upon them. Tumor cells can also feed upon neighboring cells to obtain nutrients, a process called cancer cannibalism, which is similar to that of amoebal behavior and immune cell phagocytosis11,34. A ...
Food manufacturing is the process of transforming raw ingredients into processed food products for consumption. With the growing population and the increasing demand for convenient and ready-to-eat food, food manufacturing has become an important industr
While Sweden and Finland will be given “invitee” status at the Madrid summit, their applications need to be approved by all NATO’s 30 current members, a process that could yet stall. “Sweden can have problems again with Turkey,” Swedish daily SvD wrote. “Because if Turkey isn’t hap...
Antibiotic treatment kills a large portion of a population, while a small, tolerant subpopulation survives. Tolerant bacteria disrupt antibiotic efficacy and increase the likelihood that a population gains antibiotic resistance, a growing health concern. We examined how E. coli transcriptional networks cha...
Chlorine kills bacteria though a fairly simple chemical reaction. The chlorine solution you pour into the water breaks down into many different chemicals, includinghypochlorous acid(HOCl) andhypochlorite ion(OCl-). Both kill microorganisms and bacteria by attacking the lipids in thecell wallsand destro...