The shortest time required to kill or inactivate all the microbes in a sample at a specified temperature is called the

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The shortest time required to kill or inactivate all the microbes in a sample at a specified temperature is called the thermal death time (TDT). The thermal death point (TDP) is the temperature required to kill all the microbes in a sample in a given amount of time. Sporicidal time refers to the time required to kill bacterial endospores, which are highly resistant to heat and chemicals. The death phase point refers to the point in a microbial growth curve where the number of cells dying exceeds the number of cells dividing, resulting in a decline in the population size.

The Shortest Time Required to Kill or Inactivate All the Microbes