A method for killing bacteria, fungi and algae comprising applying to industrial raw materials, industrial products and water in circular water systems an effective amount of one or more compounds of the formula ##STR13## wherein X represents hydrogen atom, chlorine atom, bromine atom, methyl group or nitro group, Y represents hydrogen atom, methyl group, an alkylcarbonyl group where the alkyl group has from 1 to 12 carbon atoms and may be substituted by one or more halogen atoms, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a lower alkylamino carbonyl group or a metal atom of which valence is 1 or 2, Z represents hydrogen atom or chlorine atom and n represents 2 when Y represents a metal atom of which valence is 2 and n represents 1 when Y does not represent a metal atom of which valence is 2, but when X and Z represent hydrogen atom, Y does not represent hydrogen atom or a metal atom.