In this article we will discuss about predictive food microbiology. Understanding how different properties of a food, its environment and its history can influence the microflora that develops on storage is an important first step towards being able to make predictions concerning shelf-life, spoilage and safety. The food industry is continually creating new microbial habitats, either by design in developing [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Fish 2. Structure and Composition of Fish 3. The Microbiology of Primary Processing of Fish 4. Crustaceans and Molluscs 5. Spoilage of Fresh Fish. Contents: Meaning of Fish Structure and Composition of Fish The Microbiology of Primary Processing of Fish Crustaceans and Molluscs Spoilage of Fresh Fish 1. Meaning of [...]
Microbial growth is an autocatalytic process: no growth will occur without the presence of at least one viable cell and the rate of growth will increase with the amount of viable biomass present. This can be represented mathematically by the expression: where dx/dt is the rate of change of biomass, or numbers x with time t, and µ [...]