Eli5:How does alcohol kill germs??

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We all grew up knowing that alcohol wipes makes things clean as it kills germs but we drink it all the time so how does the kill mechanism work??

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Denaturation – proteins require a specific shape to function. Alcohol can alter that shape and make them useless. Bacteria rely on the products that proteins make and die due to lack of those products.

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