Sterilization differs from pasteurization in that sterilization destroys:

a. bacteria and fungi only. c. all microbes.
b. only bacteria. d. only viruses.

ANS: C
Bactericides destroy only pathogenic bacteria. Fungicides kill fungi, and virucides kill viruses. Sterilization kills all microbes including spores, whereas pasteurization is a disinfection process that removes most pathogenic microorganisms except bacterial endospores.