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    1. What is the community experience with disinfecting with ethylic alcohol instead of isopropylic?
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    Eduardo Ucan
    Participant

    Do you mean… Tables, shovels, among others?

    We always use ethylic alcohol when disinfecting our working areas, but I don’t have any experience applying isopropylic alcohol… Shouldn’t be a big difference. After all, the alcohol works to “pin up” the microbiote. What I mean is that the spores, bacteria, etc, would “stick” to the surface of the table (for example) and therefore they wouldn’t contaminate your substrate.

    #2244

    Got it. I thought the alcohol destroyed bacteria and other fungus.

     

    Thanks

    #2252
    Adam
    Keymaster

    Hi Jose,

    Ethyl and Isoprop alcohol both kill bacteria and mould by denaturating proteins and dissolving lipid cell membranes:

    http://scienceline.ucsb.edu/getkey.php?key=2160

    Best wishes, Adam

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