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  2. Potassium permanganate (medical use) - Wikipedia

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    Potassium permanganate is used as a medication for a number of skin conditions. [2] This includes fungal infections of the foot, impetigo, pemphigus, superficial wounds, dermatitis, and tropical ulcers. [3] [2] For tropical ulcers it is used together with procaine benzylpenicillin. [2] [3] It can be applied as a soaked dressing or a bath. [2]

  3. Potassium permanganate - Wikipedia

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    Addition of concentrated sulfuric acid to potassium permanganate gives Mn 2 O 7. [76] Although no reaction may be apparent, the vapor over the mixture will ignite paper impregnated with alcohol. Potassium permanganate and sulfuric acid react to produce some ozone, which has a high oxidizing power and rapidly oxidizes the alcohol, causing it to ...

  4. Bactericide - Wikipedia

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    Bactericidal antibiotics kill bacteria; bacteriostatic antibiotics slow their growth or reproduction. Bactericidal antibiotics that inhibit cell wall synthesis: the beta-lactam antibiotics ( penicillin derivatives ( penams ), cephalosporins ( cephems ), monobactams , and carbapenems ) and vancomycin .

  5. Disinfectant - Wikipedia

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    Bacterial endospores are most resistant to disinfectants, but some fungi, viruses and bacteria also possess some resistance. [10] Disinfectants are used to rapidly kill bacteria. They kill off the bacteria by causing the proteins to become damaged and the outer layers of the bacteria cell to rupture. The DNA material subsequently leaks out.

  6. Permanganate - Wikipedia

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    A permanganate (/ p ər ˈ m æ ŋ ɡ ə n eɪ t, p ɜːr-/) [1] is a chemical compound with the manganate(VII) ion, MnO − 4 , the conjugate base of permanganic acid . Because the manganese atom has a +7 oxidation state , the permanganate(VII) ion is a strong oxidising agent .

  7. Antimicrobial - Wikipedia

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    Some microorganisms like bacteria, yeasts and molds require water for their growth. Desiccation dries up the water content thus inhibiting microbial growth. On the availability of water, the bacteria resume their growth, thus desiccation does not completely inhibit bacterial growth. The instrument used to carry out this process is called a ...

  8. Human interactions with microbes - Wikipedia

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    Human interactions with microbes include both practical and symbolic uses of microbes, and negative interactions in the form of human, domestic animal, and crop diseases. Practical use of microbes began in ancient times with fermentation in food processing ; bread , beer and wine have been produced by yeasts from the dawn of civilisation, such ...

  9. Effective microorganism - Wikipedia

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    Others: beneficial microorganisms that exist naturally in the environment may thrive in the mixture. In his presentational essay "EM: A Holistic Technology For Humankind", Higa states:"I developed a mixture of microbes, using the very common species found in all environments as extensively used in the food industry–namely Lactic Acid Bacteria ...