The following article will guide you about how to describe a heat process. Heating processes are neither uniform nor instantaneous. To be able to compare the lethal effect of different processes it is necessary for us to have some common currency to describe them. For appertization processes this is known as the F value; a parameter which expresses the integrated [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Micro-Organisms in the Atmosphere 2. Micro-Organisms of Soil 3. Micro-Organisms of Water 4. Micro-Organisms of Plants 5. Micro-Organisms of Animal Origin. Micro-Organisms in the Atmosphere: Perhaps one of the most hostile environments for many micro-organisms is the atmosphere. Suspended in the air, the tiny microbial propagule may be subjected to desiccation, to [...]
In this article we will discuss about the functions of alimentary tract, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. In most of the cases of foodborne illness we consider, the pathogenic (disease producing) effect occurs in the alimentary tract giving rise to symptoms such as diarrhoea and vomiting. Since these are essentially a dysfunction of the gut, a useful starting [...]