Implied Role of Metabolism in Microbial ControlFor many years, the process of microbial control has become one of the most discussed topics worldwide. Numerous studies have evolved from the microbial control process and implications of metabolism. Metabolism in microbial control is one of the most important pathways for disrupting the chemical reactions of microbes. By disturbing the catabolic and anabolic process of energy, the cell can no longer use ATP to synthesize or continue to multiply. Because metabolism plays an important role in microbial synthesis, microbiologists use this same resource as a method to control microbes. By disrupting the cell's metabolic process, microbiologists are able to provide alternative ways that society, hospitals and healthcare workers could use to control microbial growth. Therefore, microbiologists use physics, chemistry, and chemotherapy to control microbial growth. One physical agent that reduced the growth of microbes by targeting the metabolism of the process is heat. The heat comes in the form of moist heat and dry heat. Moist heat could come in the form of pressurized stem, unpressurized steam, boiling, and pasteurization. Moist heat is effective at low temperatures ranging from 121 to 134° F. These temperatures require brief heat exposure of 3 to 15 minutes. During the moist heat process, microbial metabolism is disrupted as proteins are denatured by heat exposure. In the dry heat process, microbial control requires higher temperatures ranging from 121 to 170° C. The time required for dry heat to be successful is between 1 and 10 hours. When dry heat occurs, metabolism is disrupted by the removal of water. Microbial control i... middle of paper... control microbial growth, but careful administration must also be provided. Accessing antimicrobial agents could not only harm the disease-causing microbe, but also the body. Regarding chemotherapeutic agents, it is also important that antibiotics are used correctly because bacteria could develop resistance. Therefore, the role of metabolism in the life of a cell is a model for the control of microbial growth. References McDonnell, G., & Russell, A.D., (1999). Antiseptics and disinfectants: activity, action and resistance. Clinical Microbiology Review, 12,147-179. Talaro, Kateleen. P. (2009). Fundamentals of microbiology. (7th ed. pages 324-327). New York, NY: The McGraw Hill Companies.Todar, K. (2009). Antimicrobial agents used in the treatment of infectious diseases. The microbial world. Department of Bacteriology, UW-Madison. Net.