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What is Spores are disinfected by - and explain in detail?
Ananthanarayan & Panicker's Textbook of Microbiology 9th edition pg no:34 Formaldehyde is active against the amino group in a protein molecule. In aqueous solution, it is markedly bactericidal and sporicidal and also has a lethal effect on viruses