Food Safety Bulletin The city of Phoenix, Arizona has reported a drastic rise in food-borne illness cases resulting in this public service bulletin. State and local governments responsible for inspecting restaurants, grocery stores, and retail establishments, dairy farms, grain mills, and food manufacturing establishments have identified pathogens in our local food supply. It is reported that 48 million people get sick, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 people a year actually die from food-borne
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Penicillin is an antibiotic that destroys bacteria by destroying the cell wall of the microorganism. It does this by inactivating an enzyme necessary for the cross linking of bacterial cell walls. The enzyme is known as the Tran peptidase. It accepts the penicillin as a substrate, it the alkanolates a nucleophilic oxygen of the enzyme, rendering it inactive. Cell wall construction stops and the bacteria soon die. The antibiotic nature of the penicillin so due to the strain lactam ring, on opening
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The truth about Danone Activia and Actimel ------------------------------------------------- Source page Introduction 3 Danone Activia 3 Danone Actimel 3 Unethical activities and irresponsible behaviour 4 Conclusion 5 ------------------------------------------------- Introduction This report is about the unethical activities and irresponsible behaviour of the company Danone and especially Danone Activia and Actimel. The first and second paragraph
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Q1. What is the method of multiplying micro- organisms by letting them reproduce in predetermined media under controlled laboratory conditions called? A. Culturing Q2. a population of cells or multicellular organisms growing in the absence of other species or types. A. pure (or axenic) culture Q3. what is used For the purpose of gelling the microbial culture A. Agar Q4. A cheap substitute for agar used for the isolation and maintenance of thermophiles. A. guar gum, Q5. bacterial
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Biogeochemical Cycling and Introductory Microbial Ecology The physical environment: Microorganisms are influenced by biogeochemical cycling, and also by their immediate physical environment. This includes soil, water, deep marine environment, plant, or animal host. The Microenvironment and niche: A microenvironment is the specific physical location of a microorganism. It is a very small, specific area, distinguished from its immediate surroundings. These factors include the amount out light
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INTRODUCTION Significance of the Study With two-thirds of the earth’s surface covered by water and human body consisting of 78% of it. It is evidently clear that water is one of the prime elements responsible for life on earth. It is necessary for the digestion and absorption of food, help maintain proper muscle tone and supply oxygen and nutrients to cell (Quiles and Quiles, 1996). A drinking water is defined as water intended primarily for human consumption but which has another domestic
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Food Borne Illness Food borne illness occurs after the consumption of contaminated food, pathogenic bacteria, viruses, or parasites that contaminate food. One such food borne illness is salmonella. Salmonella is a bacterium that can get into foods that come from an animal such as chicken, fish, or eggs. Because salmonella is spread through contaminated food outbreaks occur on a large scale. Though fatal in some cases, salmonella can be prevented, and is treatable. Salmonella lives in the lower
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I. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY II. BACKGROUND OF THE COMPANY Yakult was introduced in Japan in 1935 by Yakult Honsha Co. Ltd of Japan, based on discoveries made by Dr. Minoru Shorota, the company’s founder Dr. Shirota blazed a trail in the field of preventive medicine with his studies on a type of lactic acid bacteria now known as Lactobacillus casei strain Shirota. The Yakult brand became synonymous with good health and it made a tremendous impact throughout Japan. Its entry in the market gained immediate
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Chapter 1 Background of the study Skin problem, such as rash, is an abnormal condition of the skin caused mainly by the bacteria Streptococcus pyogene. “Skin problem” is often used to refer to any condition that causes pain, skin discoloration, itchiness, and skin irritation. The skin’s health has always been one of the main concerns for mankind since the beginning of time. Through time, people learned some uses of the Averrhoa bilimbi trees or simply the “Kamias” trees as what the tree is
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Epidemic Paper The epidemic that I chose write about is something that had everyone in an uproar almost two years ago, which is Ebola. Ebola is highly infectious, deadly disease. Discovered in 1976 by the Ebola River in Zaire, it is a rare disease caused by of five Ebola virus species. As if Ebola isn’t scary enough, some people have wondered whether or not Ebola could mutate an become airborne. Has it become or could become an even scarier, more deadly, and more easily spread super-bug? According
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