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bactericidal

ADJECTIVE
  1. preventing infection by inhibiting the growth or action of microorganisms

How To Use bactericidal In A Sentence

  • Once the bacterium is within the macrophage, the macrophage's bactericidal mechanisms destroy the microbe.
  • The two antibiotic products tested had some antibacterial effectiveness against the superbug while Staphaseptic had a genuine "bactericidal" effect - meaning it killed the MRSA bacteria and reduced the number by a factor of 1,000. Health News from Medical News Today
  • Even the addition of a bactericidal drug streptomycin to isoniazid only resulted in a marginal increase to 49 per cent.
  • Bactericidal and fungicidal activity of ant secretions and of pure formic acid were tested on filter-paper disks placed into each inoculated agar spread-plate.
  • This finding confirmed the mouse experiments, which failed to demonstrate any increase in bactericidal activity when steroids, that are highly protuberculous in the mouse, are given with chemotherapy.
  • Some antimicrobials are bactericidal whereas others are bacteriostatic.
  • Daptomycin exerts bactericidal activity without lysis of Staphylococcus aureus. SUPERBUG
  • The bactericidal agent triclosan modulates thyroid hormone-associated gene expression and disrupts postembryonic anuran development. WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
  • Further clinical studies are needed to determine whether the moxifloxacin adds to the bactericidal activity of isoniazid or rifampin.
  • Many bleaches have strong bactericidal properties, and are used for disinfecting and sterilizing. Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Seriously?
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