COMMON FOODBORNE MICROORGANISMS Flashcards
Funcion of microorganisms in foods
- Produce desirable changes in food i.e. Fermentaion, milk cheese,
- Spoilage-undesirable changes in food Of-lavor, odor,changes in texture or appearance of the food i.e.putrefacion of meat
- Health hazard-pathogenic bacteria that cause disease or death
Gram-negaive bacteria
Can be
Aerobic
Microaerophilic
Facultaive
Gram Posiive Bacteria
Can be
Cocci
Rods
Spore formers
example of Gram-negaive bacteria Aerobic:
- Pseudomonas
- Acetobacter
- Acinetobacter
- Moraxella
Pseudomonas Spoilage of
refrigerated foods
Pseudomonas found in
in soil and water
Pseudomonas Found in food
vegetables, meat, poultry, and seafood
Pseudomonas produce
blue green pigments
Converts ethanol to Aceic acid. (Produce vinegar)
Acetobacter
- Distributed in the soil and water
- Found especially in refrigerated fresh products
- Responsible for spoilage of Meat, all types
Acinetobacter
Common contaminate of milk and meat products
Moraxella
Example of Gram-negaive bacteria Microaerophilic :
- Campylobacter (jejuni or coli)
a. Pathogenic
b. Require 3 to 6% oxygen to grow
Example of Gram-negaive bacteria Facultaive :
- Escherichia
- Shigella
- Salmonella
- Erwinia
- Yersinia
is a large family of gram negaive bacieria -Facultaive
Enterobacteriaceae
Shigella is Found in the
intesine of humans
Found in the intesinal contents of humans, animals, birds and insects.
Salmonella
Associated with plants and causes Sot rot in vegetables.
Erwinia
Only one species is associated with foodborne illness . found in environment (ponds, lakes)
One species causes the black plague .
Yersinia
Seafood pathogen
Vibrio
Example of Gram Posiive Bacteria Cocci
- Micrococcus
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Lactococcus
- Enterococcus
- Pediococcus
- Leuconostoc
- Strict aerobes,Gram Positive Bacteria
- Produce orange pigments
- Salt tolerant
- Spoilage of meat, milk
Micrococcus
Produce toxin in the food and the toxin is heat resistance
Staphylococcus aureus
Staphylococcus aureus Found associated with
Skin and Nasal membranes
Homofermentaive
Lactococcus