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Terminology 2
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Lyophilization combines 2 processes. What are they?
What are freezing and drying?
100
True or False: An enzyme found in your tears can be used to reduce bacteria in cheese and wine.
True
100
What is another word for desiccation
What is drying?
100
What is the process of disinfecting surfaces and utensils used by the public?
What is sanitation?
100
Protein function depends on ____ shape
What is 3D
200
What are substances that cannot be sterilized by boiling or with steam?
What are powders and oils?
200
Name three hazardous side effects in the use of gaseous antimicrobial agents:
Often highly explosive, extremely poisonous (requiring time to use and flush from area) and possibly carcinogenic
200
What is the use of heat to kill pathogens and reduce the number of spoilage microorganisms in food and beverages?
What is pasteurization?
200
What is the elimination of ALL microbes?
What is sterilization?
200
What term is "the time it takes to sterilize a particular volume of liquid at a set temperature?"
What is thermal death time?
300
What is the name of this instrument used for sterilization?
What is an autoclave?
300
What is a mixture of alcohol and another substance, in this case usually a chemical antimicrobial.
What is a tincture?
300
Name the 3 major types of microbial control
What are sterilization, antisepsis, and disinfection?
300
What is the suffix that means: destroy or permanently inactivate a particular type of microbe?
What is -cide (or -cidal)?
300
Is moist heat or dry heat better for controlling microbial growth?
What is moist heat?
because water is a better conductor of heat than air