KEY POINTS OF #1

#1.1

KEY POINTS “Sterilization", in a strictly biological sense, describes the destruction of all viable microorganisms. Death of microorganism can be accomplished by removing what they need to increase in number and the same can be accelerated by subjecting the microbes to some degree of stress (thermal, chemical, or ionic). Each death process of microorganism supposed to be following a chemical reaction that follows first order kinetics. First order reaction shows that number of microorganism decreases exponentially depending on the sterilization time.