Which of the following is a disadvantage of dry heat methods such as using a Bunsen burner to incinerate microbes from an inoculating loop and the use of a hot air oven?
A) Use of an open flame can be dangerous and hot air ovens take much longer to sterilize than autoclaves.
B) Bunsen burners and hot air ovens only reach a maximum of 100oC so they are not effective against endospores.
C) Neither of these methods actually sterilize; they only kill vegetative cells.
D) Bunsen burners take too long to sterilize and hot air ovens are hazardous for the operators.
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