Used in paint and used to treat swimming pools and fish tanks. Toxic to invertebrates. Oxidizing agents Halogens Chlorine widely used as a disinfectant to treat water and in dairy industry. Two to four drops of chlorox per liter of water will disinfect the water after 30 min. Iodine is used as a skin disinfectant.
Halogens have the disadvantage of being inactivated by organic materials.
Used as a contact lens disinfecting agent. Very effective agents, these kill everything, but they are highly toxic. Ethylene oxide 3. Agents that interfere with bacterial metabolism and cell functions - Antibiotics and chemotherapeutic agents. Antibiotics are substances produced in a microorganism which inhibit the growth of other microbes.