PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a bactericide, a bactericide preparation liquid, a detergent composition, a bleaching agent composition that are relatively inexpensive and have an excellent sterilizing effect, and a sterilization method.SOLUTION: The bactericide contains component (A): a fatty acid having two or more unsaturated bonds in the hydrocarbon chain and/or its salt, component (B): a transition metal and/or its compound and component (C): hydrogen peroxide and/or an inorganic peroxide. The content of component (A) is 0.2-10 mass%. The bactericide preparation liquid to be used for preparing the bactericide includes at least a metal-containing aqueous liquid which contains component (B) and does not contain component (C) and a hydrogen-peroxide-containing aqueous liquid which contains component (C) and does not contain component (B).COPYRIGHT: (C)2010,JPO&INPIT【課題】比較的安価で、優れた殺菌効果を示す殺菌剤、殺菌剤調製液、洗剤組成物、漂白剤組成物及び殺菌方法。【解決手段】本発明の殺菌剤は、(A)成分:炭化水素鎖に2つ以上の不飽和結合を有する脂肪酸及び/又はその塩と、(B)成分:遷移金属及び/又はその化合物と、(C)成分:過酸化水素及び/又は無機過酸化物とを有し、(A)成分の含有量は、0.2~10質量%とする。殺菌剤の調製に用いる殺菌剤調製液は、(B)成分を含有し(C)成分を含有しない含金属水性液と、(C)成分を含有し(B)成分を含有しない含過酸化水素水性液とを少なくとも備える。【選択図】なし