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Freezing food the action of bacteria?

Freezing food slows or stops the action of bacteria


What occurs when a population growth slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

Logistic growth


What medical term is an agent that the stops or inhibits the growth of fungi?

Are you thinking of Antifungul medications? Or abstract (studies conducted to isolate thermophollic campylobacter spp?) or are you asking about the study of it? If so, antimicrobial, which in fact inhibits growth.


What is the different between bactericidal and bacteriostatic?

BACTERIOCIDE: The agent which kill bacteria is called bacteriocidal it can be done by heat of any chemical. BACTERIOSTATIC: The agent which inhibit the growth and reproduction of bacteria but do not necessasarily kill the bacteria.


What occurs when a populations growth slows or stops following a period of exponential growth?

Populations growth begins to slow down.


Can you eat lamb frozen since 2008?

No, freezing only slows the growth of bacteria, not stops it altogether. You would get very sick if you ate lamb that has been frozen since 2008 givent that it is now 2012!


Will bacteria die if you put your food in the refrigerator?

Most of the bacteria in the refrigerator will have slow growth or stop grow but it will not kill most bacteria. Spoilage bacteria thrive in refrigerator temperatures so the food will still get spoiled and some bacteria even thrive in the freezer.


How does fresh chicken become unfresh?

Bacteria is in the air and on the chicken's skin. When the chicken is alive, it produces substances that keeps the bacteria under control. When the chicken dies or is killed, nothing keeps the bacteria from multiplying. As a result, when chicken are killed and the feathers are removed, they are refrigerated or fro zed. Refrigeration slows the growth of bacteria. Freezing stops the growth of bacteria. Before refrigeration, people skinned the chickens they killed the pervious day before they cooked them.


What is the effect of freezing on bacteria?

Bacteria like Archaebacteria can survive in extreme temperatures but eubacteria cannot. Since Eubacteria die from the harsh temperature and Archaebacteria cannot reproduce your immune system kills all of the Archaebacteria. That is why freezing in a technical sense stops bacteria from reproducing.


What are exponential growth and logistic growth?

Exponential Growth: occurs when the individuals in a population reproduce at a constant rate.Logistic Growth: occurs when a population's growth slows or stops following a period of exponential growth around a carrying capacity.


When does logistic growth occurs?

Logistic growth occurs when a population's growth slows and then stops, fallowing a period of exponential growthex; a lot of familiar plant and animal populations fallow a logestic growth curve.


Does salt affect corn?

Yes, by adding salt to the water, it prevents the growth of the plant and slows/stops its intake of water, killing it.