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Food Micro
Foodbourne Bacteria
Question | Answer |
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Byssochlamys | - produces ascospores (heat resistint)- spoilage of fruit- Mold |
Thamnidium | - Small branched structures- High humidity mold- spoilage of stored eggs |
Fusarium | - Sickle-shaped multicellular conidia- Rot of fruits and potatoes- Mold |
Penicillium | - blue-green brushlike condia head- used in cheese production (bioprocessing)- Mold |
Aspergillus | - xerophilic - grows in dry conditions- flavus - produces toxin- oryzae - spoils grains & jams- Mold |
Alternaria | - Cross & longitudinal septa- spoilage of fruits- Mold |
Geotrichum | - Rectangular arthrospores- Called dairy mold- spoilage of dairy products - imparts flavor and aroma |
Cladosporium | - dark tree like budding conidia- spoils butter & margarine- Mold |
Rhizopus | - non-septate hyphae with rhizoids & stolons- stolonifer known as bread mold |
Botyritis | - long stiff conidiophores- grey rot of fruits- mold |
Mucor | - no stolons or rhizoids- bioprocessing for some species of rennet- mold |