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When all the microbes have been killed e.g. by radiation or heat.

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He developed a carbolic acid spray for operations.

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Microbes with a cell wall but no nucleus.

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A word for small living things.

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They have long, thin cells and produce spores.

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A drug that kills bacteria.

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It has to be in cells to reproduce.

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It kills microbes on surfaces e.g. bleach.

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It is used on skin to stop a cut being infected.

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It is made by the body to help us get better.

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 A microbe is injected to stop us getting a disease.

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When the poisons made by a microbe affect us.

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The time for us to start felling ill.

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A useful fungus.

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The gas that makes bread dough rise.

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A depressant drug made by a useful microbe.

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Heating milk to about 70OC and then cooling it quickly.

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He discovered that microbes make food go off.

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The virus disease prevented by the first vaccination.

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This preserves food by taking away its water.