Saturday, 27 June 2015

Fruits and Vegetables

Fruits and Vegetables

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Yeast are most likely to grow in frozen fruits during__________.

a. slow thawing
b. refrigeration
c. ambient temperature
d. none of these

Watery soft rot is found mostly in__________.

a. fruits
b. vegetables
c. cereals
d. all of these

Black mold rot is caused by__________.

a. a.flavus
b. a. niger
c. Trichoderma
d. Trichothecium roseum

Concentrate of fruits and vegetable juices__________.

a. favor the growth of a. niger and a. flavus species
b. favour the growth of yeast and of acid and sugar tolerant Leuconostoc and Lactobacillus species
c. favor the growth of Saprophytic bacteria
d. none of the above

The predominant micro-organisms in frozen foods are__________.

a. bacteria
b. micro-coccus
c. yeast and moulds
d. none of these

Anthracnose is a defect which can be observed as__________.

a. spotting of leaves
b. spotting of seedpods
c. spotting of fruits
d. all of these

Stem and rots caused by species of molds involve__________.

a. leaves of fruits
b. stem ends of fruits
c. spotting on vegetables
d. spotting on fruits

Species of __________ are predominant on thawing vegetables like sweet corn and peas when the temperature of thawing is fairly low.

a. Streptococcus
b. Micrococcus
c. both (a) and (b)
d. none of these

Under what conditions food poisoning bacteria may grow and produce toxins in vegetables?

a. When thawed vegetables are held at refrigerated temperature for any considerable period
b. When thawed vegetables are held at room temperature for any considerable period
c. When thawed vegetables are held below refrigerated temperature for any considerable period
d. None of the above

Bacterial soft rot is caused due to__________.

a. fermentation of pectin
b. fermentation of sugars
c. formation of ketones
d. formation of amino acids

Saprophytic bacteria cause__________.

a. sliminess or souring in piled, wet and heating vegetables
b. brown rot in vegetables
c. black rot in fruits
d. bacterial soft rot

The micro-organism which is present in both fresh and frozen juices is__________.

a. E. coli
b. Entereobacter aerogenes
c. P. chrysogenum
d. None of these
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