Tyndallisation

(noun)

Tyndallisation is the process of three successive steam treatments to achieve sterilization over the course of three days. This works by killing vegetative cells, allowing germination of surviving spores, and killing the resulting vegetative cells before they have time to form further spores.

Related Terms

  • sterilization

Examples of Tyndallisation in the following topics:

  • Heat

    • Other moist methods are boiling samples for certain period of time and Tyndallisation.
    • Tyndallisation inactivates spores as well, but is a more lengthy process.
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