EBK BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
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Chapter 32.9, Problem 1CR
Clostridium food poisoning results from ingestion of toxins produced by microbial growth in foods or from microbial growth followed by toxin production in the body. Perfringens food poisoning is quite common and is usually a self-limiting gastrointestinal disease. Botulism is a rare but serious disease, with significant mortality.
Identify the two major types of clostridial food poisoning. Which is most prevalent? Which is most dangerous and why?
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EBK BROCK BIOLOGY OF MICROORGANISMS
Ch. 32.1 - What is potable water?Ch. 32.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.1 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.2 - Why is Escherichia coli used as an indicator...Ch. 32.2 - What procedures are used to ensure the safety of...Ch. 32.2 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.3 - What organism causes cholera, and what are the...Ch. 32.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.3 - Prob. 3MQCh. 32.3 - Why are antibiotics ineffective for the treatment...
Ch. 32.4 - How is legionellosis transmitted?Ch. 32.4 - Identify specific measures for control of...Ch. 32.4 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.5 - Contrast the causative agents of typhoid and noro...Ch. 32.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.5 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.6 - List the major food groups as categorized by their...Ch. 32.6 - Identify physical and chemical methods used for...Ch. 32.6 - List some dairy, meat, beverage, and vegetable...Ch. 32.6 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.7 - Describe microbial sampling procedures for solid...Ch. 32.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 32.7 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.8 - Identify the symptoms and mechanism of...Ch. 32.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.8 - Staphylococcal food poisoning results from the...Ch. 32.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.9 - Clostridium food poisoning results from ingestion...Ch. 32.10 - Describe salmonellosis food infection. How does a...Ch. 32.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.10 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.11 - How do STEC strains of Escherichia coli differ...Ch. 32.11 - Why are meats prime vehicles for pathogenic E....Ch. 32.11 - Toxigenic Escherichia coli cause many food...Ch. 32.12 - Describe the pathology of Campylobacter food...Ch. 32.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.12 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.13 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.14 - In what two forms can Bacillus cereus food...Ch. 32.14 - Compared with all other foodborne or waterborne...Ch. 32.14 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32 - As a visitor to a country in which cholera is an...Ch. 32 - Prob. 2AQCh. 32 - Prob. 3AQ
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