Disinfection using toilet bowl cleaner and nonionizing radiation to non-animate surfaces only removes or kills vegetative bacteria. the term that best describes this action is:

The term that best describes this action is: Disinfection .

Disinfection is the process of cleaning in which there is removal of most pathogenic microorganisms on non-animate objects. Different disinfectants (chemicals such as alcohols, aldehydes and non-chemicals such as ultra violet lights) are used in disinfection. The disinfectants are classified according to their spectrum of activity (high, intermediate, and low level), consistency (liquid, gaseous), and their mechanism of action (some acts on membrane, some destroys the nucleic acids, and some work by denaturing cellular proteins).  

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