To: Ancesthntr
It kills the weaker/more susceptible bacteria, thereby leaving the stronger/less susceptible ones.
I always considered the word germs to be a catch-all for the various pathogens out there, be they bacteria, or virii.
Dictionary:
3. germ (n.)
a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use
37 posted on
09/05/2016 5:57:33 AM PDT by
Don W
( When blacks riot, neighborhoods and cities burn. When whites riot, nations and continents burn.)
To: Don W
Origin and Etymology of germ
French germe, from Latin germin-, germen, from gignere to beget —
I knew germ had to be a French word..................
39 posted on
09/05/2016 6:05:21 AM PDT by
PeterPrinciple
(Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
To: Don W
"It kills the weaker/more susceptible bacteria, thereby leaving the stronger/less susceptible ones." Wouldn't this same logic apply to the use of any soap?
40 posted on
09/05/2016 6:08:06 AM PDT by
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