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Preservatives such as citric acid are added to foods to interfere with bacterial growth This creates an acidic pH in the food Why does this affect the bacteria that are present?
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An acidic environment causes bacterial enzymes to fail or work less efficiently.
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What creates lichen?
It's one of these four: heterotrophic algae and autotrophic fungi heterotrophic bacteria and heterotrophic fungi autotrophic algae and autotrophic fungi autotrophic bacteria and heterotrophic fungi But I'm mot sure which.
What type of association is formed by bacteria with many other organisims including humans?
symbiontBacteria can form good and bad relationships with many other organism and humans. In plants and humans good bacteria creates enzymes which help digest food and get rid of waste. Bad bacteria can cause destruction of good cell which could cause infection.
What type of association is formed by bacteria with many other organisms including humans?
symbiontBacteria can form good and bad relationships with many other organism and humans. In plants and humans good bacteria creates enzymes which help digest food and get rid of waste. Bad bacteria can cause destruction of good cell which could cause infection.
What do fungi and bacteria eat in the arctic?
Well fungi are decomposers so they absorb the nutriens from dead things so the dead plant or animal breaks down into the soil and creates nutrients for other plants and fungi to absorb. I dont know much about bacteria though.
What creates morning breath?
Sulfur compounds released from bacteria in your mouth and throat create morning breath. It helps just before you go to bed to brush not only your teeth with a soft tooth brush, but also the roof of your mouth and tongue. It is the tongue that has the taste buds and holds most of the bacteria.
How is bacteria connected to foot order?
Bacteria is connected to foot odor in that a certain type of bacteria creates foot odor. The odor is created as the bacteria eats and reproduces but can be controlled with anti-bacterial powders or creams.
Why would an untreatable bacterial infection in the digestive system threaten the whole body?
because when a genotype or phenotype get substituted for the chromosome's nucleus it creates a type of bacteria that is harmful to animals and humans
Why is acid a preservative?
Acid creates too harsh of an environment for bacteria and molds to cultivate in. A harsh PH level in either direction will have the same effect. You do, however, need to be careful on using these in consumables. Preservatives are unhealthy to consume (hence the whole organic foods business).
How does salt preserve foods?
It creates an environment hypertonic to the cells of the bacteria that might cause harm if we ate them. The growth of the bacterial cells is inhibited because the plasma membrane pulls away from the cell due to the shrinkage caused by the salt.
Does pickling food kill bacteria?
It creates an acidic environment which many bacteria cannot tolerate.
What is the cell division called when bacteria creates new cells?
mitosis
What happends when a bacteriophage infects a bacterial cell?
The phage injects it's genetic material into the bacteria this can either be RNA, DNA or both. This genetic material is then translated into viral proteins which are assembled into new viruses along with a brand new genetic package ready to infect a new bacteria.
How can mining create acid rain?
Mining does not create acid rain. Smelting of mined ores (a different process entirely) creates acid rain when sulfur dioxide is releases, Mining can cause acid mine drainage a bacterial impact of bacteria such as thiobacillus thioxidans on sulfates and sulfides.
How can penicillin be structurally modified to overcome bacterial resistance?
In the bicyclic system, a bulky group can be added to position 6. This creates a steric shield which leads to steric hindrance. The beta-lactam ring is hence more protected and the drug can become more resistant to beta-lactamases of bacteria.
How do you get the smell of mold out of carpet?
make sure it's nice and dry because when it's wet and damp it creates bacteria and creates mold and causes the fumes to activate
Why does an antibiotic not work the same for all bacteria?
Bacteria also do evolve. If one bacteria is mutated, and survives an attack by antibiotic, he multiplies and forms more bacteria which are more resistant against antibiotic. As days of surviving antibiotics and multiplying eventually creates a bacteria which is resistant against it.
Do do phagocytes the body?
Phagocytes are a type of white blood cell. A phagocyte flows around bacteria, and sort of creates and dent in itself, which the bacteria goes into, and then the phagocyte closes around it, trapping the bacteria. Then the phagocyte secretes enzmes onto the bacteria to digest it.
