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  2. Moist heat sterilization - Wikipedia

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    Moist heat sterilization processes sterilize using hot air that is heavily laden with water vapor, which plays the most important role in the sterilization. [1] [2] Boiling a sample for 30 minutes or more will kill virtually all vegetative cells present, but will not kill spores, which can germinate shortly thereafter and resume growth ...

  3. Portable water purification - Wikipedia

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    Boiling does not remove most pollutants and does not leave any residual protection. The WHO states bringing water to rolling boil then naturally cooling is sufficient to inactivate pathogenic bacteria, viruses and protozoa. [8] The CDC recommends a rolling boil for 1 minute. At high elevations, though, the boiling point of water drops.

  4. Boiling won't help. Explaining the Palisades and Altadena 'Do ...

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    Why can't you boil your suspect water? Boiling can eliminate bacteria, another concern in contaminated water systems. What's dangerous is when the water is full of volatile organic compounds ...

  5. Sterilization (microbiology) - Wikipedia

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    Microorganisms growing on an agar plate. Sterilization (British English: sterilisation) refers to any process that removes, kills, or deactivates all forms of life (particularly microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria, spores, and unicellular eukaryotic organisms) and other biological agents (such as prions or viruses) present in fluid or on a specific surface or object. [1]

  6. Water purification - Wikipedia

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    Water purification can reduce the concentration of particulate matter including suspended particles, parasites, bacteria, algae, viruses, and fungi as well as reduce the concentration of a range of dissolved and particulate matter. The standards for drinking water quality are typically set by governments or by international standards. These ...

  7. Cholera - Wikipedia

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    Water purification: All water used for drinking, washing, or cooking should be sterilized by either boiling, chlorination, ozone water treatment, ultraviolet light sterilization (e.g., by solar water disinfection), or antimicrobial filtration in any area where cholera may be present. Chlorination and boiling are often the least expensive and ...

  8. Botulism - Wikipedia

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    Although the vegetative form of the bacteria is destroyed by boiling, [47] [48] the spore itself is not killed by the temperatures reached with normal sea-level-pressure boiling, leaving it free to grow and again produce the toxin when conditions are right. [49] [50] [51]

  9. Mississippi's capital is under a boil water order after E ...

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    JACKSON, MISS. (AP) — Mississippi health officials told residents in the state's capital to boil their tap water Thursday after traces of E. coli bacteria were found in the city’s supply — a ...