Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134832302
Author: Robert W. Bauman Ph.D.
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 9, Problem 15CT
During the fall 2001 bioterrorist attack in which anthrax endospores were sent through the mail, one news commentator suggested that people should Iron all their incoming mail with a regular household iron as a means of destroying endospores. Would you agree that this is a good way to disinfect mail? Explain your answer. Which disinfectant methods would be both more effective and more practical?
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Microbiology With Diseases By Taxonomy (6th Edition)
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