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The bacteria's waste products are toxic to humans. They eat the food, excrete toxins, and when you eat the toxins you get sick. This is especially true for anaerobic bacteria.
It is also possible for the bacteria themselves to infect your body, but it's still pretty much the same process. The bacteria eat bits of you, excrete toxins, and you get sick.
That's VERY basic, of course, but the long answer is quite long & that's the gist of it.
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What are the effects of micro-organisms in food?
Microorganisms can contaminate the food we consume. There are two categories of microbes one is beneficial or neutral for human health and the other is a disease causing pathogen. When a disease causing microbe come in contact with the food, it may start growing on them for a while can be taken inside of body while we eat or drink the contaminated food. They can cause serious infection or food poisoning based on the type of pathogen that is contaminated. Clostridium botulinum is a pathogen which causes food poisoning by its toxin.
What causes giardiasis?
There are about three different causes for giardiasis they are: .Contaminated water supplies: Sources of contaminated water supplies include public facilities that do not filter their water properly, or water that is used in lakes or rivers by hikers can sometimes become contaminated. This can cause infection .Contaminated food: Food that has been washed in contaminated water, exposed to manure or, prepared by an infected person can spread the disease .Person-to-person-contant: Could be caused by bad hygiene and most commonly occurs in daycare centres and nursing homes (hope this helps! :D)
Why don't algae cause disease?
Algae produce there own food as they have chlorophyll. So they usually do not produce disease. But it is interesting to note that the malaria parasite, which affect hundreds of million people each year, worldwide, has evolved from algae most probably.
What food is most likely to contaminated with food poisoning bacteria?
You don't give list but chicken, undercooked and raw eggs (cookie dough and cake batter), and many salads and lettuces. It has been reported that 1/3 of all eggs and chicken are contaminated and many salad bars have a virus that is the cause of the "stomach bug".
What can happen if you eat food that contains germs?
they can cause infections, Diohera sickness and very bad diseases
Bacterial disease transmitted by drinking contaminated drinking water?
yes if the food or water is infected or has a diseas you can get a disease or gat infected
Cure for typhoid fever?
its a bacterial disease of indigestion of food contaminated with fecies or waste
What type pf cholera disease is it?
An infectious disease spread by contaminated water and food. It affects your digestive system.
Cotton wool disease in fish what causes it?
cotton wool disease is a bacterial infection which is contracted due to stress of poor environment conditions such as water quality, food, handling, and shipping. it is contagious and may be spread from contaminated nets, containers, and food.
Is A foodborne illness a disease that is transmitted to people by food?
Yes, a foodborne illness is a disease or illness that is transmitted to people by food that has been contaminated. Food can be contaminated by bacteria, viruses, toxins and parasites.
Which food is most susceptible to bacterial contamination?
Most contaminated foods come from a slaughterhouse as the conditions are unbelievably filthy there.Fruits and vegetables can be contaminated by unclean water.
What Bacterial Gastroenteritis?
Bacterial gastroenteritis is frequently a result of poor sanitation, the lack of safe drinking water, or contaminated food--conditions that are common in developing nations.
What was the food called that mad cow disease cows ate?
Contaminated feed.
What causes bacterial gastroenteritis?
Bacterial gastroenteritis is frequently a result of poor sanitation, the lack of safe drinking water, or contaminated food--conditions that are common in developing nations.
Does contaminated food look different from the same type of food that's not contaminated?
It depends on the type of contamination - but most often, NO. Food contaminated by bacterial food usually looks the same as uncontaminated food. Food contaminated by a fungus may look a bit different. Also many times the difference in appearance is so slight as to not be noticeable unless one looks very carefully and knows what to look for. In general the best protection against contaminated food is proper handling and storage.
How does food become contaminated with shigella?
Food sources of transmission are: contaminated milk, ice cream, vegetables and other foods which often cause epidemics.
Can you get diseases by eating organic food?
Yes, just like non-organic food, if organic food becomes contaminated you can get a disease from it.
