Figure 7.1
A suspension of 106 Bacillus cereus endospores was put in a hot-air oven at 170°C. Plate counts were used to determine the number of endospores surviving at the time intervals shown.
-In Figure 7.1, the thermal death point for this culture is

Question

Figure 7.1
  A suspension of 106 Bacillus cereus endospores was put in a hot-air oven at 170°C. Plate counts were used to determine the number of endospores surviving at the time intervals shown.
-In Figure 7.1, the thermal death point for this culture is

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The thermal death point is the lowest temperature at which all microorganisms in a liquid suspension are killed in 10 minutes. Without specific data from Figure 7.1, the thermal death point cannot be determined.

Figure 7.1 a Suspension of 106 Bacillus Cereus Endospores Was