That source, cobalt 60, is used at the plant to destroy microbes in spices and medical equipment by bombarding the products with radiation.

Ensign Sato pointed out that they did not believe in destroying microbes.

Take irradiation, in which meat or fish is exposed to ionising radiation to destroy contaminating insects and microbes.

Antimicrobials destroy bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, and other microbes.

She most recently invented and patented an electronic cleaning processor, which can destroy bacteria, viruses, microbes and pesticides on food.

A danger inherent in using high temperatures to destroy microbes, is their incomplete destruction through inadequate procedures with a consequent risk of producing pathogens resistant to heat.

Their activity stimulates phagocytic or cytotoxic cells to destroy microbes, or infected cells by antibody-mediated phagocytosis or antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity.

Some antiseptics are true germicides, capable of destroying microbes (bacteriocidal), while others are bacteriostatic and only prevent or inhibit their growth.

The introduction of antibacterial soap was a wonderful step forward in public hygiene, especially in making hospitals and surgical suites safer, thanks to its ability to destroy health-endangering microbes.

Copper alloys are antimicrobial, that is, they destroy bacteria, viruses, fungi, algae, and other microbes.