Contrast the terms thermal death time and decimalreduction time. How would the presence of bacterialendospores affect either value? What time and temperature is necessary to ensure sterility in the autoclave?

Contrast the terms thermal death time and decimalreduction time. How would the presence of bacterialendospores affect either value? What time and temperature is necessary to ensure sterility in the autoclave?

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