Ted heats some food just to boiling, and stores some of it immediately in a container which he places in the refrigerator. A week later he takes the food out and finds it has spoiled. The microbes responsible are probably
A) thermoduric.
B) thermophiles.
C) mesophiles.
D) hyperthermophiles.
E) psychrophiles.

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Thermoduric microbes can survive heating to boiling, but they cannot grow at refrigeration temperatures.

Ted Heats Some Food Just to Boiling, and Stores Some