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In many circumstances foods that should be refrigerated, such as fresh fruits, will tend to "spoil" . Warm temperatures allow bacterias and microorganisms to breed in these foods. It's important to make sure that fruits and vegetables too, be kept in the refrigerator.
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What are the effects of micro-organisms on food?
Microorganisms help break down and decompose food. These microorganisms are what cause food to spoil and grow mold on it.
What is inside chicken that causes it to spoil?
Microorganisms cause chicken to spoil.
What are the disadvantages of using microorganisms in food production?
just as microorganisms have the ability to make our food, they have the ability to spoil it.certain diseases can be caused by bad habits such as smoking or over-eatinginfectious diseases are caused by pathogenic organisms.
What are the type of microorganisms harmful to food?
There are a wide variety of microorganisms harmful to food, or causing food to spoil or become contaminated. Most are bacteria and fungi (which include molds and yeasts). There are also a few other types of microorganisms which are neither bacteria nor fungi, which cause food-borne illness, but these are less common. Most of the problem is caused by bacteria, and then fungi...and there are too many to list here or name explicitly.
What Microorganisms is most likely to spoil a freshwater trout preserved with salt?
Halophiles
Why were viruses discovered later than other types of microorganisms?
why were viruses discovered later than other types of microorganisms.
What are other harmful effects of microorganisms to other organisms besides humans?
harm full effects of microorgaisms are 1)they cause some diseases eg:cold,feaver 2)they spoil food usefull efffects of microorganisms are 1)they help to produce curd 2)they help in certen food items
What organisms are present in confectionary food products how they spoil the food?
The water activity in confections (candies, chocolates) is so low, no microorganisms will grow. That's why they can be stored at room temperature. But candies can stale or become rancid.
Why do microorganisms grow on your food?
Microorganisms in food may cause harm by carrying disease-producing bacteria called pathogens. Pathogens harm humans in many different ways. The most common way that pathogens harm animals is by using toxins.
Who discovered the microorganism?
Anton van Leeuwenhoek first discovered microorganisms in 1675.
Why heat is used to preseve food?
Heat of itself does not spoil food. What spoil the food is the growth of bacteria in the food.At low temperatures (in a fridge) these bacteria only grow slowly but when the food warms up to room temperature the bacteria grow faster and the food will spoil. The reason for this is that for every 10oC rise in temperature the rate of chemical reactions (ie the metabolic rate of the bacteria) doubles. Obviously above a certain temperature (boiling point) the heat is so much that the bacteria are killed off.
What Four factors which affect the growth of microorganisms?
Four factors which affect the growth of microorganisms are: temperature food source for microorganisms (ie. sugar, protein, fat) the amount of microorganisms introduced to the food source ph of the food source
