What temperature is considered adequate for achieving sterilization of a compost pile?

Q: List two methods of high level disinfection.

A: The major difference between sterilization and disinfection is that sterilization involves the…

Q: WATER PURIFICATION AT THE WATER SUPPLY STATION USES THE CHEMICAL METHOD 1. irradiation of water 2.…

A: Water purification is a process of removing pollutants, microbes and other impurities from water. It…

Q: Can culture media be sterilized in the hot air sterilizer? Why or why not?

A: Hot air sterilization is a procedure in which the sterilization of the objects are done using hot…

Q: Agar is a solidifying agent used in media preparation. What is its origin?

A: Agar gel is a polysaccharide which can become liquefied at temperatures ranges from 85°C to 90°C and…

Q: Differentiate moist heat from dry sterilizing heat.

A: Dry heat sterilization:-one of the oldest techniques of sterilisation is dry heat sterilisation of…

Q: In fixed-bed leaching, how it can be leached please mention one or two only.

A: Asked : Fixed-bed leaching

Q: attern used to inoculate agar slant to get luxuriant culture. This pattern increases the surface…

A: Slant culture : A culture made on the slanting surface of a solidified medium in a test tube that…

Q: The most versatile method of sterilizing heat-sensitive liquids isa. UV radiation b. exposure to…

A: Sterilization is a process of removing or killing or deactivating mostly all forms of life present,…

Q: micro-organisms are the most resistant to heat sterilization?

A: Most of the bacteria cannot survive adverse heat condition. But somehow particular bacteria can…

Q: Why is heat an effective sterilizing agent?

A: Heat Energy : It is a form of energy which takes place by the movement of the minute particles…

Q: Why is the time of exposure and temperature required for sterilization greater for dry heat than for…

A: Any technique that removes, destroys, or deactivates all forms of life and other biological agents…

Q: What is differential medium and differential media? Explain the difference ?

A: Difference between differential medumium -   .- A differential medium support the expansion of any…

Q: If a yellow halo is present around a colony on a mannitol salt agar (MSA) plate, the bacterium…

A: Manitol Salt Agar (MSA) in used in lab, mostly for selective and differential growth of microbial…

Q: not test water samples directly for Salmonella typhosa or other pathogens

A: There are serious limitations to the use of direct isolation of specific pathogenic bacteria for…

Q: Oven sterilization of aqueous culture medium. Effect: Rationale:

A: Oven sterilization utilizes dry heat of about 160 or 170 degrees celsius for one hour or 30 minutes,…

Q: I need help with question number 49

A: Microbial control indicates the prevention or inhibition of microbial growth. It involves physical…

Q: Why is heat a highly effective sterilizing agent? (Answer in not more than 2 sentences)

A: Introduction Sterilization Refers To Any Method That Is Able To Either Removes, Kills, Or…

Q: Why should caps of glassware be loosened first before sterilization? [Answer in not more than 2…

A: Sterilization is defined as the process which removes , kills or deactivates all forms of life (in…

Q: WHAT IS THE TYPE OF Growth patterns on Agar Slant and Broth Medium

A: Growth and morphogenesis of plant is determined by the composition of culture media. There are few…

Q: Leachate production is what

A: A leachate is any liquid that, extracts soluble or suspended solids from the material through which…

Q: When testing antimicrobial compounds on lawns of plated bacteria, the strongest germicide could…

A: Bacteria are prokaryotic unicellular organisms that are omnipresent in the environment. There are…

Q: Distinguish heat sterilization and "commercial sterility".

A: lowering the prevalence of harmful bacteria until they are no longer a health threat. usually…

Q: Why does dry heat require higher temperatures for longer time periods to sterilize than moist heat

A: Sterilization may be defined as the process which help in the complete removal of all…

Q: Why must you first clean debris from items before beginning disinfection or sterilization? (

A: Until the discovery of the microbes by the famous scientist Louis Pasteur, one of the signs of the…

Q: List one method of disinfection, and one method of sterilization. Label which is which.

A: Disinfection is a process by which most of the harmful microbes are killed or inactivated. However…

Q: Why is 15 minutes generally used for sterilization? Why is agar added to medium?

A: Sterilization is the process in which all life forms like microbes (fungi, bacteria, viruses,…

Q: Which of the following is used in the sterilization of the medium? a) benmarge b) swab c) autoclave…

A: Sterilization is the process of making something (instrument, swab, room etc. ) free of microbes…

Q: Spores and toxin-producing microorganism produce toxins need higher Aw than minimum Aw for microbial…

A: Water activity (aw) is basically a term describing the availability of water to microorganisms. It…

Q: Why should you filter some liquids for sterilization, rather than autoclaving them?

A: To control microbial growth or contamination there are a number of aseptic techniques developed that…

Q: Give the use and advantages of the following cultures for the examination of colony characteristics:…

A: Culture media: a. Culture media provides an environment that supplies all essential nutrition for…

Q: What are several microbial targets of pasteurization?

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: Why is the temperature of pasteurization at 60°C?

A: Pasteurization was invented by a French Scientist called Louis Pasteur. It was first used in 1864.…

Q: explain methods for cleaning beans using flat bed screen and drum spray cleaner

A: Much of the mechanical cleaning procedures must be performed in the field for proper storage of the…

Q: What are the different Microbiological sterilization techniques used for Microbiology equipment and…

A: Microbiology is the branch of biology that deals with the study of microorganisms such as bacteria,…

Q: Should you sample an area for microbial growth before or after sanitization? Eplain why.

A: Sanitization is basically the instrumental process in which the microbes are usually killed by…

Q: What are the factors that influence the efficiency of chemical sterilization?

A: Chemical Sterilization is the process of removal of microorganisms by the use of chemical…

Q: List 5 other methods of sterilization and describe the principle/s and when each method is used.

A: (Please note that, you provided more than one question, I can only answer one question at a time,…

Q: What method can be used to achieve sterilization?

A: It is required to describe the method to be used to achieve sterilization.

Q: What is the physical appearance (solid, liquid, semi-solid) of following media:Agar deep tube

A: Bacterial culture media is a kind of growth media in which the required bacteria is  cultured. The…

Q: What are the primary uses of the following preparations of culture media? Agar regular slant Agar…

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Q: What are the different types of Pasteurization?

A: Pasteurization is the process of heat processing the liquid (mainly milk) or food so that the…

Q: List 2 non-chemical means of disinfection.

A: Disinfection refers to the process by which most pathogenic disease-causing microorganisms, except…

Q: Are you able to identify the lag, log, stationary and death phase in using this growth curve? Are…

A: The growth curve of bacterial cells can be divided into four distinct phases known as lag, log (or…