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John tyndall discovered that intermittent boiling (cycles of heating and cooling) can kill bacterial endospores. this is a result of

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This is a result of intermittent sterilization which is done by boiling spores for an interval of approximately 24 hours so that spores can germinate into vegetative bacteria and be eradicated completely. 
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