title: Antibacterial (disambiguation)
text: # Antibacterial (disambiguation)
  
  Antibacterial usually refers to an antibiotic, a principal type of antimicrobial agent used mainly against bacteria; it may kill or inhibit them.
  
  Antibacterial may also refer to:
  
  * Antiseptic, a principal type of antimicrobial agent used mainly against bacteria; it may kill or inhibit them
  * Disinfectant, an agent to impair microbes in cleaning/sanitation but not taken internally as medicine; it may kill or inhibit them
  * Bactericide, an agent that kills bacteria populations
  * Bacteriostatic agent, an agent that does not kill bacteria populations but inhibits their growth
  * Antibacterial soap, whose active ingredient may be any of the above
  