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1. How can you control microbes? |
By controlling the following: temperature; moisture; pH(acidity); nutrients (cleanliness): sanitizing(chemicals);
preventing transmission
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2. What are microbes? |
Tiny living organisms that can only be seen with a microscope. |
3. What do we call disease causing microbes?
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Pathogens |
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4. In addition to spoilage organisms, which group of microbes cause the
most concern to the food industry? Why ? |
Bacteria - it can reproduce rapidly and cause diseases |
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5. What are some microbes that can cause illness? |
Viruses, fungi, such as yeasts and molds, and protozoa |
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6. Where are microbes found? |
They are all around us - everywhere |
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7. Where can pathogens be found? |
Saliva, blood, skin, urine or feces of an infected person or animal
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8. How do pathogens travel? |
They 'Hitchhike' on people, animals and objects. Some are capable of travelling through the air
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9. What is pH? |
A measure of how acid or alkaline a substance is |
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10. What are some of the conditions that will enable bacteria to grow? |
Correct temperature, protein, moisture, neutral pH. Most bacteria also need oxygen
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