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Ch. 40 vocabulary
Food and Industrial Microbiology
Question | Answer |
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Ethanol | S. cerevisiae yeast produces large amts of carbon dioxide from fruit sugar-results in anaerobic conditions needed for fermenting pyruvic acid to alcohol--2 carbon virieties |
Fermentation | process of microbial action on food that is beneficial |
Pectinase | in production of linen, flax is tx with enzye pectinase to release fibers for spinning |
Protease | enzymes that break down proteins |
Spoilage | indicates that microbes hve changed food into a seless nutritional source |
Sterptokinase | bacterial enzyme that can be injected into a heart attack pt quickly--will break down blood clots and prevent further heart damage |