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  • What are the intrinsic factors for the microbial growth?


  • Options
  • A. pH
  • B. Moisture
  • C. Oxidation-Reduction Potential
  • D. All of these

  • Correct Answer
  • All of these 


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    • 1. Plate count of bacteria in foods generally use the plating medium consisting of

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    • A. peptone, yeast extract, glucose, sodium chloride, agar and distilled water
    • B. yeast extract, glucose, sodium chloride, agar and distilled water
    • C. peptone, glucose, sodium chloride, agar and distilled water
    • D. peptone, yeast extract, glucose, sodium chloride and distilled water
    • Discuss
    • 2. A psychrophilic halophile would be a microbe that prefers

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    • A. cold temperatures and increased amounts of salt
    • B. warm temperatures and increased amounts of pressure
    • C. cold temperatures and the absence of oxygen
    • D. warm temperatures and increased amounts of acid
    • Discuss
    • 3. Yeast and mould count determination requires-

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    • A. nutrient agar
    • B. acidified potato glucose agar
    • C. MacConkey agar
    • D. violet Red Bile agar
    • Discuss
    • 4. Which of the following is true about ISO 2002 method for Salmonella detection?

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    • A. Selenite cystine (SC) broth is replaced by Muller Kauffmann tetrathionate novobiocin broth (MKTTn)
    • B. Rappaport Vassiliadis (RV) broth has been replaced by Rappaport Vassiliadis Soya (RVS) broth
    • C. XLD is the first isolation medium rather than BGA
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 5. The time temperature combination for HTST paterurization of 71.1°C for 15 sec is selected on the basis of

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    • A. Coxiella Burnetii
    • B. E. coli
    • C. B. subtilis
    • D. C. botulinum
    • Discuss
    • 6. Aerobic Colony Count (ACC), is also known as

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    • A. Total viable count (TVC)
    • B. Aerobic plate count (APC)
    • C. Standard plate count (SPC)
    • D. All of these
    • Discuss
    • 7. Abnormal fermentation of cabbage may result in a cheese like odour caused by

    • Options
    • A. propionic acid
    • B. butyric acid
    • C. caprioc acid and Valeric acid
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 8. Too long a fermentation of sauerkraut may favour the growth of

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    • A. Lactobacillus lactis
    • B. Lactobacillus brevis
    • C. Bacillus subtilis
    • D. none of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. The elimination of the scum of yeasts in the brine during the fermentation include

    • Options
    • A. agitation of the surface
    • B. addition of the mustard oil
    • C. addition of the sorbic acid
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss
    • 10. Gassy spoilage of green olives is usually caused by

    • Options
    • A. Enterobacter spp
    • B. Bacillus spp
    • C. Clostridium spp
    • D. all of these
    • Discuss


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