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The document discusses microbial growth characteristics in foods. It describes how yeasts and molds reproduce asexually through budding or fission and sexually through sporulation. Bacteria reproduce through binary fission and follow distinct growth phases of lag, log, stationary, and death. The growth of microbes in foods is influenced by intrinsic factors like nutrients, water activity, pH, and oxidation-reduction potential present in the food environment. Each microbe has optimal and tolerance ranges for
- Author
- Amei Liem
- Language
- EN