Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
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ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 5, Problem 6MC
All of the following could be used to sterilize an item except
a) boiling.
b) incineration.
c) irradiation.
d) sporocides.
e) filtration.
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