Nester's Microbiology: A Human Perspective
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259709999
Author: Denise G. Anderson Lecturer, Sarah Salm, Deborah Allen
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 1, Problem 1MC
The property of endospores that led to confusion in the experiments on spontaneous generation is their
a) small size.
b) ability to pass through cork stoppers.
c) heat resistance.
d) presence in all infusions.
e) presence on cotton plugs.
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