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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 controldrag the slider to begin
fewer removedeverything killed