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.
10 harms of microorganisms
how are microorganisms harmful to the enviorment
The principle objective of canning is to kill microorganisms that may be harmful to people or to food quality.
Sanitization reduces the number of harmful microorganisms to a safe level, while sterilization eliminates all microorganisms, including harmful ones. Sterilization is more effective in completely eliminating harmful microorganisms compared to sanitization.
It makes food taste better, easier to digest, and can make food safer to eat by killing harmful microorganisms.
All micro-organisms are no food poisoning micro-organisms,but all food poisoning micro-organisms are a category of micro-organisms. Food poisoning micro-organisms are harmful for a person but all micro-organisms are not harmful for example lacto-bacallius is a micro-organisms which is present in curd(yogurt) causes no food-poisoning whereas The microorganism salmonella bacteria, causes an infectious illness and can be passed on to another person and causes food poisoning.
pathogens
Sanitization reduces the number of harmful microorganisms to a safe level, while sterilization eliminates all microorganisms. Sterilization is more effective in completely eliminating harmful microorganisms compared to sanitization.
Some microorganisms are part of the body's natural processes. For instance, the bacteria of your digestive tract help you to digest food. Other microorganisms can cause disease. Some otherwise beneficial bacteria can be harmful if they become too abundant.
yes, there are microorganisms like my foot
Bacteria or mold
Sanitation involves cleaning to remove dirt and debris, disinfection kills most harmful microorganisms, and sterilization eliminates all microorganisms. Sterilization is the most effective in eliminating harmful microorganisms, followed by disinfection, and then sanitation.