Card 241
Question
What does obligate mean for microorganisms?
Answer
Absolute Requirements.
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Card 242
Question
What are the four parts of toxicokinetics?
Answer
Absorption, distribution, metabolism/biotransformation, excretion
Card 243
Question
Name three metabolic products of heterofermentative microorganisms.
Answer
Acetic acid, ethanol, formic acid, and CO2
Card 244
Question
What microbe is used to make vinegar?
Answer
Acetobacteria
Card 245
Question
What end product does the Voges-Proskauer test detect?
Answer
Acetoin
Card 246
Question
What are coliforms?
Answer
Aerobic to facultatively anaerobic Gram-negative, non-sporeforming rods that ferment lactose with the formation of gas within 48 hours at 35°C.
Card 247
Question
What mycotoxin, also a potent carcinogen, is produced by a mold that can grow on moist peanuts, pecans, corn and other foodstuffs?
Answer
Aflatoxin
Card 248
Question
What toxin causes acute liver damage?
Answer
Aflatoxin
Card 249
Question
What toxin is related to " Turkey X Disease " ?
Answer
Aflatoxin
Card 250
Question
Which mycotoxin is produced by Aspergillus flavus?
Answer
Aflatoxin
Card 251
Question
What naturally occurring carcinogen, produced by the mold Aspergillus flavus, is a common contaminant of peanuts, corn, and tree nuts?
Answer
Aflatoxin
Card 252
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Which mycotoxin is most commonly associated with Aspergillus flavus contamination in peanuts and corn?
Answer
Aflatoxin B₁
Card 253
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Name a carcinogen allowed in foods and its limit.
Answer
Aflatoxin up to 20ppb
Card 254
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Which mycotoxin is commonly associated with peanuts and corn?
Answer
Aflatoxin.
Card 255
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What nutrient gel made from seaweed is used as a base for tiny plants generated using tissue culture techniques?
Answer
Agar
Card 256
Question
A bacteria commonly used to transform plants is what?
Answer
Agrobacterium tumefaciens.
Card 257
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Which thermoduric, acidophilic, spore forming bacterial species is an emerging spoilage issue for juice and beverage processors?
Answer
Alicyclobacillus
Card 258
Question
What does ASM stand for?
Answer
American Society for Microbiology
Card 259
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In relation to bacterial cultures, give the full form of the acronym ATCC.
Answer
American Type Culture Collection
Card 260
Question
In Scromboid poisoning, what serves as the precursor to histamine formation?
Answer
Amino acid Histadine
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