MICROBIOLOGY WITH DISEASE BY TAXONOMY
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ISBN: 9781323745229
Author: BAUMAN
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 3CT
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The duration to “reduce a population of
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D value is defined as the reduction time in decimal reduction, which is necessary to destroy 90% of microbes in a sample. This value differs with the organism.
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MICROBIOLOGY WITH DISEASE BY TAXONOMY
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