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#Question id: 34348


Which of the following correctly distinguish Thermal Death Point (TDP) and Thermal Death Time (TDT)?

#XL - S Microbiology
  1. TDP is the lowest temperature at which all organisms in a sample are killed in 10 minutes.
  2. TDT is the shortest time required to kill all microbes in a sample at a specified temperature.
  3. TDP varies with the size of the microbial population.
  4. TDT is independent of the temperature used for sterilization.
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The lakes of northern Minnesota are home to many similar species of damselflies of the genus Enallagma that have apparently undergone speciation from ancestral stock since the last glacial retreat about 10,000 years ago. Sequencing which of the following would probably be most useful in sorting out evolutionary relationships among these closely related species?