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Microbes are all around us - in the air, the soil, water and our bodies. This means they can soon get into food and, if the conditions are right, multiply rapidly. Unfortunately, when certain microbes grow on food, it soon begins to smell nasty, look slimy, change colour, taste awful or even acquire a furry coating. The food 'goes off' - it is spoiled. Even though it may not harm us, it is inedible and must be thrown away. There is also a chance that pathogenic microbes are present along with the spoilers.
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What are microbes that are in food?
Bacteria
Which microbes are heterotrophs?
The microbes that are heterotrophic organisms are those that don't produce their own food. Instead, they feed off of autotrophic organisms or other heterotrophs.
What can microbes do?
There are both harmful and useful microbes. Harmful microbes like bacteria,virus and fungus can cause diseases while some useful microbes like bacteria can help in fermentation process like the yeast or as food like mushroom and many lacobacillus microbes that help in producing vitamins and in synthesis of food.Many microbes help produce antibiotic medicines. Microbes like algae are edible or help by photosynthesis to maintain the CO2 -O2 balance in the environment.
What is the phylum subphylum class order family genus and species of bacteria?
There are many different types of bacteria. Because of this, each form belongs to separate phyla's, subphyla's, class, family, genus, and species.
What is it called when someone gets sick from eating food contaminated with germs and toxins?
A person can get sick from contaminated food because of microbes or toxins. When contaminated food is eaten, toxins or microbes are released into the gastrointestinal tract, causing vomiting and diarrhea.
How do microbes spoil food?
These microbes are an essential part of all ecosystems, because they decompose or break down dead material and keep it from accumulating
What are the disadvanages of microbes?
microbes are infectious and act as a vector for spreading diseases of various types....they can spoil food also.
What microbes spoil food?
Yeasts, molds and bacteria are microbes that spoil food. See Related Links for lists.
How long will it take for microbes to spoil food that has been left out of the fridge?
2 days
Why do hot foods get spoiled faster than cold ones?
This has to do with the rate of procreation of bacteria and other microbes that spoil food. The warmer the temperature the faster the rate of procreation. More procreation means more bacteria/microbes eating the food meaning it spoils faster.
How does bacteria affect human body's good and bad?
Good bacteria help in digestion of food and fight microbes invading the body. Bad bacteria can make people sick or spoil food.
How and why does food spoil?
Food spoils/goes rancid/goes off when microbes on the food begin to grow, and reach levels which would make eating the food unpalatable/potentially harmful. Most microbes love living in an environment which is slightly warm, with a food source and some liquid (the last two things are generally provided by the food item they are living on). Putting your food in the fridge or freezer reduces the temperature which the microbes live in, hence they cannot breed as quickly so your food remains fresher for longer.
What food does microbes need to survive?
Microbes need a food to survive
How do the microbes damage the food?
Microbes are decomposers. And they will begin the process of removing nutrients from food by breaking down the food.
What food has microbes in?
grapes
What food have microbes in them?
all of them
What are microbes that are in food?
Bacteria
