Question

Which of the following terms is used to describe the time required to kill all of the microbes within a sample at a given temperature?
D-value
thermal death point
thermal death time
decimal reduction time

Answer 1

Answer:

Thermal death time.

Explanation:

Thermal death time may be defined as the time taken to kill the bacteria. The thermal death time is mainly used for food canning,  cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

The thermal death time indicates the time required to kill all the microbes at a given temperature and within a given sample. This can be calculated by either graphical method by mathematical formula.

Thus, the correct answer is option (3).