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Contains no nucleus
Procaryotes
Contains a nucleus
Eucaryotes
__________are unicellular procaryotes found almost everywhere.
Bacteria
Bacterial classifications
Gram stain reaction: positive or negative
Shape: coccus, bacillus or spirillum
Spore-forming ability: yes or no
Classified by their morphology, locomotion and life cycle
They do not grow in foods, but are parasites that require a host to complete their life cycle
Protozoa
The key example of protozoa is____________.
Giardia Lamblia
FAT TOM stands for what?
Food
Acidity
Temperature
Time
Oxygen
Moisture
The minimums for for acidity/alkalinity:
Bacteria: ____
Yeasts: _____
Molds: _____
Bacteria: 4.5
Yeasts: 3.0
Molds: 2.0
Psychrophiles
Min:
Opt:
-10
10-15
Psychrotrophs
Min:
Opt:
-5
20-30
Mesophiles
Min:
Opt:
5-10
30-37
Thermotrophs
Min:
Opt:
10
42-46
Thermophilles
Min:
Opt:
25-45
50-80
The role of microbes
Spoilage
Pathogenic
Useful
The enzyme __________ is used by organisms to cause fruit and vegetable rot.
pectin esterase
Lysine decarboxylase changes lysine into _________.
Cadaverine
Ornithine decarboxylase changes ornithine into _______.
Putrescine
_______ is metabolism that occurs under anaerobic conditions.
Fermentation
Used to initiate most food fermentations.
Starter cultures
are used to produce lactic acid from lactose
Lactic acid bacteria
Enzymes (_______or _______) are also used to coagulate milk proteins
Chymosin, Renner
A _________is any chemical substance that can elicit a detrimental effect in a biological system.
Toxicant
A method to determine the toxicity of chemical hazards and the probability that humans will be exposed.
Risk assessment
Some toxicants produce an ______response and others produce a ______ effect.
Acute
Chronic
Provides information on the frequency of toxic effects.
Epidemiological studies
The dose above which adverse effects are produced
Threshold level
Carcinogens are not allowed, except:
________ carcinogens are allowed
_______ produced by contaminants are allowed.
Endogenous
Toxicants
________drugs are used to treat certain disease conditions.
Therapeutic
_________treatments prevent or minimize disease conditions.
Prophylactic
Some drugs are used for _____ ____ _____ (growth promotion)
Modification of Function
Can be developed by exposure to antibiotics followed by transfer to humans via meat and milk derived from animals
Resistance
Are compounds that can enhance or suppress growth of specific cells
Hormones
(BST) increases milk production and is largely destroyed by pasteurizing
Bovine Somatotropin