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Effective Strategies for Microbial Control

Explore the nuances of microbial control methods, including sterilization, disinfection, and physical and chemical agents. Learn about the principles and actions of antimicrobial treatments and the impact of microbial characteristics. Understand how to evaluate disinfectants and the different types available, from heat and radiation to chemicals like alcohols and heavy metals.

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Effective Strategies for Microbial Control

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  1. Chapter 7 The Control of Microbial Growth

  2. The Control of Microbial Growth • Sepsis refers to microbial contamination. • Asepsis is the absence of significant contamination. • Aseptic surgery techniques prevent microbial contamination of wounds.

  3. Terminology • Sterilization: Removal of all microbial life • Commercial Sterilization: Killing C. botulinum endospores • Disinfection: Removal of pathogens • Antisepsis: Removal of pathogens from living tissue • Degerming: Removal of microbes from a limited area • Sanitization: Lower microbial counts on eating utensils • Biocide/Germicide: Kills microbes • Bacteriostasis: Inhibiting, not killing, microbes

  4. Bacterial populations die at a constant logarithmic rate. Figure 7.1a

  5. Effectiveness of antimicrobial treatment depends on: • Number of microbes • Environment (organic matter, temperature, biofilms) • Time of exposure • Microbial characteristics Figure 7.1b

  6. Actions of Microbial Control Agents • Alternation of membrane permeability • Damage to proteins • Damage to nucleic acids

  7. Physical Methods of Microbial Control • Heat • Thermal death point (TDP): Lowest temperature at which all cells in a culture are killed in 10 min. • Thermal death time (TDT): Time to kill all cells in a culture • Decimal reduction time (DRT): Minutes to kill 90% of a population at a given temperature

  8. Heat • Moist heat denatures proteins • Autoclave: Steam under pressure Figure 7.2

  9. Physical Methods of Microbial Control • Pasteurization reduces spoilage organisms and pathogens • Equivalent treatments • 63°C for 30 min • High-temperature short-time 72°C for 15 sec • Ultra-high-temperature: 140°C for <1 sec • Thermoduric organisms survive

  10. Physical Methods of Microbial Control • Dry Heat Sterilization kills by oxidation • Flaming • Incineration • Hot-air sterilization

  11. Physical Methods of Microbial Control • Filtration removes microbes • Low temperature inhibits microbial growth • Refrigeration • Deep freezing • Lyophilization • High pressure denatures proteins • Desiccation prevents metabolism • Osmotic pressure causes plasmolysis

  12. Physical Methods of Microbial Control • Radiation damages DNA • Ionizing radiation (X rays, gamma rays, electron beams) • Nonionizing radiation (UV) • (Microwaves kill by heat; not especially antimicrobial)

  13. Figure 7.5

  14. Chemical Methods of Microbial Control • Principles of effective disinfection • Concentration of disinfectant • Organic matter • pH • Time

  15. Chemical Methods of Microbial Control • Evaluating a disinfectant • Use-dilution test 1. Metal rings dipped in test bacteria are dried 2. Dried cultures placed in disinfectant for 10 min at 20°C 3. Rings transferred to culture media to determine whether bacteria survived treatment

  16. Chemical Methods of Microbial Control • Evaluating a disinfectant • Disk-diffusion method Figure 7.6

  17. Types of Disinfectants • Phenol • Phenolics. Lysol • Bisphenols. Hexachlorophene, Triclosan • Disrupt plasma membranes Figure 7.7

  18. Types of Disinfectants • Biguanides. Chlorhexidine • Disrupt plasma membranes

  19. Types of Disinfectants • Halogens. Iodine, Chlorine • Oxidizing agents • Bleach is hypochlorous acid (HOCl)

  20. Types of Disinfectants • Alcohols. Ethanol, isopropanol • Denature proteins, dissolve lipids Table 7.6

  21. Types of Disinfectants • Heavy Metals. Ag, Hg, Cu • Oligodynamic action • Denature proteins

  22. Types of Disinfectants • Surface-Active Agents or Surfactants

  23. Types of Disinfectants • Chemical Food Preservatives • Organic Acids • Inhibit metabolism • Sorbic acid, benzoic acid, calcium propionate • Control molds and bacteria in foods and cosmetics • Nitrite prevents endospore germination • Antibiotics. Nisin and natamycin prevent spoilage of cheese

  24. Types of Disinfectants • Aldehydes • Inactivate proteins by cross-linking with functional groups (–NH2, –OH, –COOH, —SH) • Glutaraldehyde, formaldehyde

  25. Types of Disinfectants • Gaseous Sterilants • Denature proteins • Ethylene oxide

  26. Types of Disinfectants • Peroxygens • Oxidizing agents • O3, H2O2, peracetic acid

  27. Microbial Characteristics and Microbial Control Figure 7.11

  28. Microbial Characteristics and Microbial Control

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