What did John Tyndall discover about certain bacteria?
Some bacteria can form resistant structures known as spores.
What are some challenges associated with cultural techniques in microbiology?
They can be labor-intensive, have high recurrent costs, and long incubation times before results are obtained.
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Development of Food Microbiology

What did John Tyndall discover about certain bacteria?

Some bacteria can form resistant structures known as spores.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What are some challenges associated with cultural techniques in microbiology?

They can be labor-intensive, have high recurrent costs, and long incubation times before results are obtained.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is the hurdle concept in food preservation?

Adjusting multiple factors less severely to achieve an overall antimicrobial effect.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What did Francesco Redi's experiment involve?

Placing meat in dishes, some covered with gauze, to observe maggot development.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What are the three interrelated activities of Microbiological Risk Analysis (MRA)?

Risk assessment, risk communication, and risk management.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What was the first evidence of beer manufacture traced to?

Ancient Babylon in 7000 BC.

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Food Preservation

How do food preservation techniques affect microorganisms?

They manipulate intrinsic and extrinsic factors to slow or stop microbial growth and inactivate microorganisms.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

Who conducted the earliest experiment to disprove spontaneous generation?

Francesco Redi in 1668.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What did Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek observe under the microscope?

Different types of animalcules, including cocci, bacilli, and spiral forms.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What technique did Pasteur develop to prevent contamination of microorganisms?

Aseptic techniques.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What is the role of selective and differential media in microbiology?

They favor the growth of a particular target microorganism and allow for clear distinction from other microflora.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What are some subdisciplines of microbiology?

Medical microbiology, mycology, soil microbiology, plant pathology, and food microbiology.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What discovery did Alexander Fleming make in 1928?

Some microorganisms produce natural compounds that inhibit the growth of competitors.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What should MRA contribute to?

Food safety objectives.

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Foodborne Diseases

What are the primary causes of foodborne diseases?

Pathogenic bacteria, toxigenic molds, enteric viruses, and protozoa.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What process did Pasteur discover regarding yeast and bacteria?

Yeast ferments sugars to alcohol, and bacteria oxidize alcohol to acetic acid.

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Importance of Microorganisms in Foods

What does microbial physiology study?

Cell structure, growth factors, metabolism, and genetic composition of microorganisms.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What significant evolutionary event occurred about 1.2 billion years ago?

The evolution of sexual reproduction.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What are some examples of fermented foods?

Cheeses, yogurt, wine, beer, pickles, sauerkraut, and sausages.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What did John Turberville Needham conclude from his experiments with boiled broth?

He concluded that spontaneous generation occurred from nonliving matter.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What elements are involved in ISO 22000?

Interactive communication, system management, prerequisite programs, and HACCP.

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Importance of Microorganisms in Foods

What does the term 'probiotic' mean?

'For life'; refers to live microbial cell preparations that survive in the colon.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What are the oldest known fossils?

Prokaryotic cells, approximately 3.5 billion years old.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What does hazard characterization involve?

A qualitative/quantitative evaluation of the adverse effects of a risk, including the relationship between pathogen dose and effect.

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Food Spoilage

What are the main causes of biological spoilage?

Inherent enzymes, growth of microorganisms, insect invasion, and contamination with parasites.

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Food Bioprocessing

What are lactic acid bacteria (LAB) used for?

To produce fermented foods from animal and plant sources.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

When did barley flourish in the Nile?

Around 18,000 BC.

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Foodborne Diseases

What are Koch's postulates?

Criteria to identify the causative agent of disease.

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Food Bioprocessing

What is biopreservation?

Extending storage life and enhancing safety of foods using natural microflora, starter cultures, and antimicrobials.

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Foodborne Diseases

Which type of foods are more associated with foodborne diseases?

Foods of animal origin.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What preservation method did Francois Nicholoas Appert develop?

Canning, by preserving foods in sealed glass bottles using heat.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What are the four stages of microbiological risk assessment?

Hazard identification, hazard characterization, exposure assessment, and risk characterization.

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Food Spoilage

What is food spoilage?

The unfitness of food for human consumption.

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Food Spoilage

What percentage of the world's food supply is lost due to microorganisms?

About one-fourth.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What was proposed in the 1980s regarding the 'tree of life'?

The three domain system: Bacteria, Archae, and Eukaryote.

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Microbiological Analysis of Foods

What factors can be studied to predict the growth and inactivation of microorganisms in food?

pH, a_w, temperature, preservatives, and other factors.

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Importance of Microorganisms in Foods

What benefits do fermented foods provide?

Increased shelf stability, aroma, flavor characteristics, and sometimes enhanced vitamin content and digestibility.

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Foodborne Diseases

What are the economic impacts of foodborne diseases?

They can be fatal and cause large economic losses.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

How old is the Earth?

About 4.6 billion years old.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

Who was the first scientist to use a lens to study microorganisms?

Galileo Galilei.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is the role of total quality management in food safety?

To control microorganisms, prevent microbial growth, and protect foods against contamination.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What was the only form of life on Earth for approximately 2 billion years?

Prokaryotic cells.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What is the cell theory proposed by Schleiden, Schwann, and Virchow?

All living things are composed of cells and all cells arise from other cells.

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Importance of Microorganisms in Foods

What methods were developed in the early twentieth century to handle microorganisms in foods?

Sanitation methods to reduce contamination and specific methods for isolation and identification.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What was the primary food source for nomadic populations during the last ice age?

Crops alongside wild animals.

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Food Spoilage

What food preservation methods were developed between 8000 and 1000 BC?

Drying, cooking, baking, smoking, salting, sugaring, low-temperature storage, fermentation, pickling, and spicing.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is the purpose of ISO 22000?

To specify requirements for a food safety management system that helps organizations identify and control food safety hazards.

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Food Bioprocessing

How do beneficial microorganisms contribute to fermented foods?

They can reduce pH and produce antimicrobial agents like H2O2, organic acids, and bacteriocins.

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Foodborne Diseases

What factors have increased the chances of foodborne disease outbreaks?

Mass production of foods, new processing technologies, storage changes, and increased food imports.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What did Louis Pasteur demonstrate with his S-shaped flask experiment?

He proved that bacteria could only grow in nutrient solutions that were contaminated by dust particles in the air.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is HACCP?

Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points, a system used in food production, processing, and preservation.

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Food Microbiology

What knowledge should an individual gain from food microbiology courses?

Determination of microbiological quality of foods and sources of microorganisms contaminating foods.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is the application of food safety principles in food production?

To ensure the safety and quality of food products.

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Food Preservation

What is pasteurization?

Heating food, such as wine, to destroy undesirable microorganisms.

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Importance of Microorganisms in Foods

What are some areas where the importance of microorganisms has been recognized?

Human and animal diseases, soil fertility, plant diseases, fermentation, food spoilages, and foodborne diseases.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is risk characterization in food safety?

It is a qualitative/quantitative estimation of the probability and consequences of illness caused by a hazard.

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Microbiological Analysis of Foods

What is the process for enumerating microorganisms in food?

Diluting a food sample in an inert liquid, inoculating onto a medium, and incubating.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

Who constructed the first microscope and in what year?

Anthonie van Leeuwenhoek in 1676.

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Food Microbiology

What new challenges does food microbiology address?

Problems introduced by new technologies in food production, processing, distribution, storage, and consumption.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What concept did Theodor Schwann extend to animals and vegetables?

That tissues originate from cells.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What did Jacob and Wollman discover in 1956?

The circular structure of the bacterial chromosome.

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Introduction to Microbiology

What is microbiology?

The branch of biological science that deals with microorganisms and agents that are invisible to the naked eye.

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Foodborne Diseases

What can cause foodborne diseases?

Consumption of water and foods containing pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in sufficient quantity.

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Microbiological Analysis of Foods

Why is it important to isolate microorganisms in pure culture?

To study their morphological, physiological, biochemical, and genetic characteristics.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What antibiotic was purified by Howard Florey and Ernst Chain?

Penicillin G.

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Importance of Microorganisms in Foods

Which genera are commonly associated with probiotic microorganisms?

Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterium.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What type of cells evolved about 3 billion years ago?

Photosynthetic microorganisms known as cyanobacteria.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is exposure assessment in microbiological risk assessment?

An estimation of the particular hazard based on food consumption patterns and incidence of the hazard.

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Food Bioprocessing

What role do microorganisms play in food bioprocessing?

They can be used to produce fermented foods.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

When did complicated eukaryotic cells (fungi) first appear?

Between 1.5 and 2.1 billion years ago.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What is 'tyndallization'?

A technique involving boiling and cooling to inactivate bacterial spores.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What theory was widely accepted from the Renaissance until the late nineteenth century regarding the origin of life?

Spontaneous generation.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What was Lazzaro Spallanzani's contribution to disproving spontaneous generation?

He showed that sealed flasks without air did not develop life, proving air was a source of contamination.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What is the significance of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) in food production?

GMP provides a framework for hygienic production of food, focusing on prevention rather than problem identification.

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Food Preservation

What is the significance of modifying intrinsic or extrinsic factors in food preservation?

It can achieve preservation but may dramatically change the product's qualities.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What shapes of bacteria did van Leeuwenhoek draw?

Rods, cocci, and spirals.

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Food Microbiology

What is one goal of research in food microbiology?

To develop methods for rapid and effective detection of spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms.

p.5
Development of Food Microbiology

What significant discovery did Watson and Crick make in 1953?

The structure of the DNA molecule.

p.5
Foodborne Diseases

What can cause foodborne illnesses?

Pathogenic microorganisms contaminating foods during handling, production, storage, serving, and consumption.

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Microbiological Analysis of Foods

What did Sergei N. Winogradsky and Martinus W. Beijerinck contribute to microbiology?

They prepared the enrichment culture technique.

p.8
Food Spoilage

What happens to the shelf life of food when microbial growth is slowed?

The shelf life is extended, and different microorganisms may predominate.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

When did the first living simplest cells evolve?

Between 3.8 and 3.5 billion years ago.

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Food Microbiology

What is the focus of food microbiology?

The relationship of habitat, food preservation, occurrence of microorganisms in foods, and foodborne diseases.

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Microbiological Analysis of Foods

What is involved in the identification of microorganisms in food?

Isolating individual colonies from mixed populations.

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Discovery of Microorganisms

What classification system did Ferdinand Cohn develop?

A preliminary classification system of bacteria, discovering that some bacteria produced spores.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What advancements in microbiology occurred in the 1970s?

Development of recombinant DNA technology and genetic engineering.

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Food Safety Management Systems

What does the maximum frequency of occurrence of a hazard in food represent?

It is considered acceptable for consumer protection.

p.6
Foodborne Diseases

Name two pathogenic bacteria responsible for foodborne diseases.

Escherichia coli and Salmonella.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What did Theodor Schwann prove about yeast cells?

He proved that yeast cells were responsible for the conversion of sugars to alcohol, known as alcoholic fermentation.

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Development of Food Microbiology

What areas did Louis Pasteur study that contributed to food microbiology?

Milk souring, causes of diseases, and defects in wine.

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Food Preservation

What is the role of low pH, ethanol content, and dissolved CO2 in beer preservation?

They combine to restrict the range of microorganisms that can grow.

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History of Microorganisms in Foods

What did Matthias Schleiden propose in 1838?

That all plants are composed of cells.

p.10
Food Microbiology

What is one method to control spoilage and pathogenic microorganisms?

Designing correct procedures in food processing areas.

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Importance of Microorganisms in Foods

What areas of food microbiology have expanded since the 1950s?

Food fermentation/probiotics, food spoilage, foodborne diseases, and food safety.

p.3
Development of Food Microbiology

What did John Tyndall show regarding boiled infusions?

He showed that boiled infusions could be stored in dust-free air without microbial growth.

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Food Safety Management Systems

How can mathematical models assist in food safety?

They can determine the influence of various parameters on microorganisms, providing rapid first-hand information.

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Food Microbiology

How can new technologies be adapted in food processing?

By identifying how they can be effectively used.

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