101.   Operating on the premise that wasabi can kill bacteria in food, Masuda examined its effectiveness against streptococcus mutans, the bacteria that produce acids that degrade tooth enamel.

102.   Phages are also used to kill bacteria that cause vaginal infections and sterility and to treat infection following lung surgery.

103.   Pasteurization is the best way to insure that bacteria is killed, said Dr. John Kobayashi, a senior epidemiologist with the Washington State Health Department.

104.   Public health experts said that improved methods of processing meats, like steam cleaning of beef carcasses, can help to kill bacteria.

105.   Rare meats may not have been cooked enough to kill harmful bacteria.

106.   Rather than killing all bacteria, the products destroy only the weakest, leaving stronger ones to survive and multiply.

107.   Proper cooking will kill the bacteria, but many people have grown used to eating their beef rare or raw.

108.   Researchers speculate that the oxygen reaches and kills hidden bacteria that have been left unaffected by antibiotics.

109.   Salting, an intermediate step, cures and preserves the fish, helping to kill bacteria and to draw moisture from the fish.

110.   Septic tanks work because of bacterial processes, and killing enough bacteria in the tank could disrupt these processes, Tyson explained.