Which of the following pairs of terms is mismatched?
A. germicide – kills microbes
B. sterilant – destroys all living microorganisms
C. fungicide – kills yeasts and molds
D. bacteriostatic – kills vegetative bacterial cells
E. virucide – inactivates viruses

Which of the following pairs of terms is mismatched?

D. bacteriostatic – kills vegetative bacterial cells

Explanation:

All the options mentioned are different methods of antimicrobial control. Germicide is a product that kills microbes, a sterilant destroys all living microorganisms, fungicide kills yeasts and molds and virucide inactivates viruses. When it comes to a bacteriostatic agent not necessarily kills bacteria, but it stops them from reproducing. To take into account, the best method to sterilize heat-labile solutions is membrane filtration.

it would lead to upper respiratory infections and pneumonia.