Essentialism, In ontology, the view that some properties of objects are essential to them. The âessenceâ of a thing is conceived as the totality of its essential properties. Theories of essentialism differ with respect to their conception of what it means to say that a property is essential to an object.
Decontamination is the process of removal of contaminating pathogenic microorganisms from the articles by a. process of sterilization or disinfection. It is the use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy. living organisms on a surface so that the organisms are no longer infectious.
of microbial interaction with the environment is the production of progeny. Hence, the single practical criterion of death of microorganisms is the failure to reproduce in suitable environmental conditions.1 Physical and chemical agents affecting microbial activities to such an extent as to deprive microbial particles of the expected reproductive capacity can be regarded as lethal agents.