Sterilization differs from pasteurization in that sterilization destroys:
A) bacteria and fungi only.
B) only bacteria.
C) all microbes.
D) only viruses.

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Bactericides destroy only pathogenic bacteria.Fungicides kill fungi,and virucides kill viruses.Sterilization kills all microbes including spores,whereas pasteurization is a disinfection process that removes most pathogenic microorganisms except bacterial endospores.

Sterilization Differs from Pasteurization in That Sterilization Destroys