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Microbiology · Chapter 8
The Spectrum of Microbial Control
Sterilizing, disinfecting, sanitizing — the words are
not
interchangeable. Each removes a different amount of microbial life, from a different kind of surface. Slide across the spectrum and watch which microbes survive.
A contaminated surface
microbe
★
endospore — the most resistant form
Levels of control
drag the slider to begin
fewer removed
everything killed