Please match the term to its description to test your understanding of the use of moist heat to control microbial growth.

Pasteurization

Steam under pressure

Requires use of an autoclave. To sterilize, temperature must reach $121C$ for a minimum of $15$ minutes.

Heat applied to beverages to prevent spoilage and kill pathogens. High$-$temperature$-$short$-$time protocols include holding liquids at $72C$ for $15$ sec $.$ Does not sterilize.

Uses an autoclave called a retort to destroy the endospores of Clostridium botulinum. It will not destroy the endospores of some thermophiles.

Liquid meldia containing vitamins and growth factors would be sterilized by

freezing

HEPA filtration

boiling

membrane filtration

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Liquid meldia containing vitamins and growth factors would be sterilized by

freezing

HEPA filtration

boiling

membrane filtration

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