Chapter 7 The Control of Microbial Growth Flashcards
microbial contamination
sepsis
absence of significant contamination
asepsis
removing of all microbial life
sterilization
killing of C. botulinum endospores
commercial sterilization
removing of pathogens
disinfection
removing pathogens from living tissue
antisepsis
removing microbes from a limited area
degerming
lowing microbial counts on eating utensils
sanitization
kills microbes
biocide/germicide
inhibiting, not killing microbes
bacteriostatsis
Effectiveness of treatments depends on?
number of microbes
enviornment
time of exposure
microbial characteristics
alteration of membrane permeability, damage to proteins, and damage to nucleic acids are?
mechanisms of action/ control agents
lowest temp at which all cells are killed in 10 mins
thermal death point (TDP)
time during which all cells in culture are killed
thermal death time (TDT)
moist heat sterilization does what?
denatures proteins
autoclave uses what kind of sterilization technique?
moist heat, steams under pressure
reduces spoilage organisms and pathogens
pasteurization
pasteurization uses what technique?
high heat, short time
dry heat sterilization kills by?
oxidation
Dry heat flaming incineration hot-air are examples of?
dry heat sterilization
what uses HEPA to possibly sterilize through tiny pores
filtration
low temp high pressure desiccation osmotic pressure are what king of microbial control techniques?
physical methods
refirgeration
deep freezing
lyphophilization
are what kind of physical control method?
low temp
what denatures proteins?
high pressure