BENSONS MICBIO LM CMPLT VER
BENSONS MICBIO LM CMPLT VER
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ISBN: 9781260110814
Author: Brown
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To explain: The significance of inoculating a control plate in this experiment.

Introduction: Thermal death point can be defined as the lowest temperature at which the complete population of microbes would be killed within ten minutes of time. This feature is useful during the purification of water through boiling.

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The control plate is one that contains the microbes and it is not exposed to high temperature. Therefore, it is useful to compare the plates containing microbes that are exposed to a high temperature. Also, the control plate is useful to ensure that the test bacteria possess the ability to grow.

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