can culture media be sterilized in the hot air sterlizer?why or why not.?

Answer 1

Normally, the temperature is not hot enough for sterilization.

For purposes of food a temperature of 120 degrees F is the minimum for sterilizing purposes.

The accepted standard for medical sterilization is the autoclave an oven that gets to the temperature of over 250 degrees F to sterilize medical instruments, tools and cultures.

However, they have been found unable to kill all forms of bacteria. For the accepted types of Sterilization can be achieved through application of heat, chemicals, irradiation, or filtration. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_%28microbiology%29