How does tempature, PH, and aw affect mold growth ?

Q: Does thermal inversionoccur in the winter or in thesummer?

A: Normally warm air is lighter or less dense and floats up. But in case of thermal inversion, the air…

Q: Of what value is the plant pathogen Agrobacterium?

A: A plant pathogen is an organism that infects plants. While certain plant infections can affect…

Q: Can a spoilage microorganism cause foodborne illnesses? Why or why not?

A: Illness caused by food contaminated with bacteria, viruses, parasites or toxins are called food…

Q: How would a change in the temperature at which something was incubated affect the amount of mold…

A: The differential growth patterns of organisms are due to the temperature sensitivity of the enzymes.…

Q: the morphology of the crushed nodules under microscopes

A: Active nodules are red coloured inside    Actively N‐fixing nodules contain a pigmented protein…

Q: 1) Describe the growth morphology obtained from both Bacterial Growth Count (TSA) plates and Fungal…

A: Introduction :- The number of actively growing/dividing cells in a sample can be determined using a…

Q: How is the presence or absence of viable endospores related to sterility?

A: Endospore is a resistant asexual spore that develops inside the bacteria under the extreme…

Q: What is lichenification? What does this indicate? Is there any treatment

A: Skin is the only largest organ system in the human body. The total surface area accounted for by the…

Q: Is Physarum unicellular?

A: A unicellular organism is also known as a single-celled organism. The unicellular organisms consist…

Q: What are the favorable conditions for mold to grow?

A: The mold is the fungus that grows in the form of multicellular filaments called hyphae. The molds…

Q: What effect do fungicides have on fungicides?

A: Fungi is group of eukaryotic organism which can be either single celled or complex multi cellular.…

Q: Mold is more likely to appear in your shower than, say, your sock drawer. Why might this be the…

A: Mold is a type of fungus which commonly reproduces by the production of spores.

Q: Where is tapetum lucidum found?

A: Eye is an organ responsible for sight/ vision. There are many structures which works together to…

Q: Differentiate between rust and smut.

A: Fungi are Eukaryotic organisms that includes mushrooms and microorganisms like yeast and molds.…

Microbial Physiology

Microbial physiology is the branch of microbiology that is associated with studying the physiology of fungi, bacteria, and viruses. It is an important field of science concerning functional genomics and metabolic engineering.

Chemotaxis

The organism’s movement in a particular direction as a response to certain chemicals that are available in the environment is defined as chemotaxis. In brief, it can be defined as the occurrence of an organism’s movement in response to a certain chemical stimulus.