Listeria monocytogenes can grow slowly in your refrigerator, although its optimum temperature range is between 30 and 37°C. This organism is characterized as a __________.ANSWERmesophilepsychrophilepsychrotrophthermophile

The organisms that are likely to grow in refrigerator temperatures from OºC to 30ºC areGroup of answer choicespsychrotrophsmesophilesthermophilespsychrophileshyperthermophiles

The organisms that are likely to grow in temperatures of the human body from 37ºC to 38ºC are theGroup of answer choicespsychrotrophshyperthermophilesmesophilesthermophilespsychrophiles

As a house warming gift, Cindy got a professionally packaged basket of soft cheeses and crackers. She ate the crackers and stored the soft cheese in her refrigerator. Several months later, she rediscovered the soft cheese in the refrigerator. Cindy had learned from her nutrtion class that there is a bacteria which multiplies at refrigerator temperatures in an atmosphere of reduced oxygen and increased carbon dioxide. Which of the following bacteria is MOST likely to be found in Cindy's soft cheese? Question 7 options: Listeria monocytogenes Staphylococcus aureus Clostridium botulinium Escherichia Coli

What kind of disease might you get if you let food stand too long at a warm temperature? A. bacterial disease B. viral disease C. fungal disease D. protist disease

Although Staphylococcus aureus can grow at 7% NaCl, it grows best at NaCl levels less than 1%. This organism is a __________.ANSWERhalophilemesophileneutralophilefacultative halophile