Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy - With Access
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Author: BAUMAN
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Chapter 9, Problem 6MC
The endospores or which organism can be used as a biological indicator of sterilzationon?
- a. Bacillus stearothermophilus
- b. Salmonella enterica
- c. Mycobacterium tuberculosis
- d. Staphylococcos aureus
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Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy - With Access
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