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Antibiotics are one class of substances that will do that.
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What do you call a substance that kill weeds?
Herbicide?
Is iodine a organism?
Iodine is not an organism, it is an element with atomic number 53. It is used to kill microorganisms which is why it is the main component of Betadine.
What does acetic acid kill?
It is an acid and kills many micro organism and plant cells.
How does bar soap kill bacteria?
a substance named alkaline does most of the cleansing
What substance must be added to city water to kill germs?
Either chlorine or ozone.
What is the medical term meaning to kill disease-causing bacteria?
An antibacterial or a bacteriocidic substance kills bacteria.
Why would it not be adaptive for a disease-causing organism to kill its victims too quickly?
Then the organism would be unable to spread. Killing its victim immediately would isolate it from an opportunity to come in contact with other carriers.
What is one problem that exists today in the use of phage to kill bacteria causing disease?
the use of phage to kill bacteria causing disease may infected the heart-valve.
How does a disease kill you?
Most disease causing organisms reproduce inside you and produce toxins.
What is an enzyme that is also an antibiotic that kill disease-causing bacteria?
Enzyme Inhibitors
Is cholera a disease that can kill you?
Yes, cholera makes you lose water, causing you to dehydrate.
Is preventing disease more important than treating disease?
Yes, it is. You can kill any kind of disease causing pathogens with something like bleach or germ x, but you cant put that stuff in your body, it will kill you
How is a vaccine created?
There are two different ways to make a vaccine: killed and live attenuated. In making a killed vaccine you grow the actual disease causing organisms, harvest them and treat them with something that kills them and chops them up (chemicals, UV, heat, etc.) These are usually very effective vaccines but often have rare severe side effects. In making a live attenuated vaccine there are several ways: use a closely related organism that normally does not cause disease in man (this is what Jenner did), use the actual disease causing organism but grow it in a different animal so it causes only a weak disease in man, or use the actual disease causing organism but after harvesting them treat them with something that does not kill them but slows their growth enough that the immune system gets a good chance to finish them off. The biggest drawback here is that sometimes the organisms revert and actually cause the real disease.
How does pasteurization kill disease-causing microorganisms?
High heat over a certian amount of time...
How does pasteurization kill disease -causing microorganisms?
High heat over a certian amount of time...
What are the effects of antibiotics on disease-causing bacteria?
Certain types of antibiotics will kill certain types of bacteria.
Why chlorinate the community's water?
Chlorine is a highly efficient disinfectant and is used to kill disease-causing bacteria in our water.
