Sterilization differs from pasteurization in that sterilization destroys:
a. bacteria and fungi only. c. all microbes.
b. only bacteria. d. only viruses.
ANS: C
Bactericides destroy only pathogenic bacteria. Fungicides kill fungi, and virucides kill viruses. Sterilization kills all microbes including spores, whereas pasteurization is a disinfection process that removes most pathogenic microorganisms except bacterial endospores.
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