bactericidal

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Those findings suggested a bactericidal activity against the pathogen.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2024

Hollmann tested her treatment on his patients, and he saw that the ethyl esters were bactericidal, capable of killing bacteria.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

While studies conducted up until the 1960s found little evidence supporting an antibacterial role for cerumen, more recent studies have found that cerumen provides some bactericidal protection against some strains of bacteria.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

We have identified and characterized the indolcarboxamides as a new class of antitubercular bactericidal agent.

From Science Magazine • Dec. 4, 2013

They made a series of observations on the bactericidal action of various salts of mercury, the bichloride, the bibromide, and the bicyanide, on the spores of Bacillus anthracis.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane