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These are agents or compounds that kill or destroy bacteria. Examples include disinfectants, antibiotics, antiseptics etc. Bactericides work in different ways; some may suppress the bacteria's ability to convert glucose into energy that they require to multiply. Some interfere with the formation of the bacteria's cell wall or other cell contents. These effects are typical to penicillin. Some antibiotics only stop the bacteria from multiplying leaving it to our immune system to finish the job of killing it. Other halt the cell division of the bacteria.

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