Week 5 DISCUSSION BIO2071 MICROBIOLOGY LAB

The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion.

Autoclave

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about autoclave.

Based on your research, respond to the following:

• Provide an explanation on how the pressure in an autoclave can influence the temperature and therefore the timing of the sterilization process.
• Compare and contrast the microbial destruction ability of moist versus dry heat.