Ralph:
>Can you elaborate on the efficacy of freezing as a way of killing
>microbes?  I've always believed that freezing meat and the like always
>killed or devitalized larger multi-celled organisms such as nemotodes
>and other parasitic worms but did not have too much of an affect on
>microbes such as bacteria, viruses, etc.

That is by and large correct. Most bacteria and viruses are not effected by
freezing.  Freezing will kill off all parasites but only few of the bacteria.

Best, Peter
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