Do microwave ovens sterilise?

[Pyrean]

On Wed, 04 Feb 1998 05:43:47 GMT, bagel at axionet.com (Shad Turner)
wrote:

I've heard of Salmonella in eggs surviving the microwave ! That was
during an M.Sc defence, so I have no proof

>Hehehe.....don't worry. I really wasn't planning to sterilize dishes
>this way. I was just inquiring from a purely theoretical standpoint.
>I'm a 4th year micro student so i know better than to do things like
>that.
>
>ta ta,
>shad