Gram-Positive rod-shaped non-sporeforming (and) sporeformers (

Question 1

+ Motile or non-motile
+ Aerobe or facultatively anaerobic
+ One endospore cell/spores very heat resistant
+ Cause food spoilage
(Sporeformer)

Answer 1

Bacillus

Question 2

+ Motile, microaerophilic
+ Homolactic fermentation
+ In soil, chicken feed, dairy products
(Sporeformer)

Answer 2

Sporolactobacillus

Question 3

+ Motile or non-motile
+ Anaerobic
+ Thermophilic, mesophilic and psychrotrophic strains exist
+ Spores-heat resistant
(Sporeformer)

Answer 3

Clostridium

Question 4

+ Facultative anaerobes; microaerophilic and anaerobic strains exist
+ Mesophilic some are psychrotrophs
+ Homolactic or heterolactic fermentations
+ Probiotic
(non-sporeforming)

Answer 4

Lactobacillus

Question 5

+ Unable to grow on acetate medium
+ Facultative anaerobes
+ Heterofermentative
+ Can grow in refrigerated meats
(non-sporeforming)

Answer 5

Carnobacterium

Question 6

+ Facultative anaerobes
+ Homofermentative
+ Grow in refrigerated vacuum-packaged meat and meat products
(non-sporeforming)

Answer 6

Brochothrix

Question 7

+ Facultative anaerobes
+ Psychrotrophic
+ Ubiquitous in the environment and in food processing areas
(non-sporeforming)

Answer 7

Listeria