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Living Surfaces Chemical Methods Control Bacteria Antiseptics Disinfectants

Chemical methods to control bacteria include antiseptics (living surfaces), disinfectants (non-living surfaces), and chemotherapeutic agents (inside living systems).

Los métodos químicos para controlar bacterias incluyen antisépticos (superficies vivas), desinfectantes (superficies no vivas) y agentes quimioterapéuticos (dentro de sistemas vivos) como penicilina y sulfonamidas.

Front Chemical methods to control bacteria
Back 1) Antiseptics:
used on living surfaces

2) Disinfectants:
Used in non-living surfaces
Oxidizing & reducing agents eg phenol, alcohol, formaldehyde

3) Chemotherapeutic Agents:
destroy the natural defense & stop the growth of microbes
inside living systems
eg Sulphonamide, Tetracycline, Penicillin.

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