Final answer:
The correct answer to this question is A. . Sterilization aims to completely remove or kill all forms of microbial life, including highly resilient endospores. Sterilants, used in this process, are effective with sufficient exposure time.
Step-by-step explanation:
Yes. Sterilization refers to the process that eliminates all microorganisms, including endospores, vegetative cells, and viruses from an item or environment. This is critical in many applications but particularly in medical and food industry settings where the presence of microbes poses significant health risks.
The term sterilant describes a chemical agent capable of achieving sterilization by killing all microbes and viruses. Given sufficient exposure time, sterilants are capable of killing resilient endospores as well. Therefore, when properly conducted, sterilization will ensure that endospores are eliminated alongside other forms of microbial life.