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    Understanding factors that influence microbial growth is essential for maintaining food quality during production and preservation. There are intrinsic factors, like the moisture content, pH, nutrients, and protective barriers naturally present in a food, as well as extrinsic environmental conditions. Intrinsic factors have the greatest influence on which microbes can grow in a food and how rapidly by determining things like the available water, pH levels, and nutritional composition. Foods with high moisture content like meats and milk support more microbial growth than low moisture foods like breads and nuts.

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    Understanding factors that influence microbial growth is essential for maintaining food quality during production and preservation. There are intrinsic factors, like the moisture content, pH, nutrients, and protective barriers naturally present in a food, as well as extrinsic environmental conditions. Intrinsic factors have the greatest influence on which microbes can grow in a food and how rapidly by determining things like the available water, pH levels, and nutritional composition. Foods with high moisture content like meats and milk support more microbial growth than low moisture foods like breads and nuts.

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    Understanding factors that influence microbial growth is essential for maintaining food quality during production and preservation. There are intrinsic factors, like the moisture content, pH, nutrients, and protective barriers naturally present in a food, as well as extrinsic environmental conditions. Intrinsic factors have the greatest influence on which microbes can grow in a food and how rapidly by determining things like the available water, pH levels, and nutritional composition. Foods with high moisture content like meats and milk support more microbial growth than low moisture foods like breads and nuts.

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    Food Microbiology

    Factors Influencing Growth of


    Microorganisms in Food

    Understanding factors that influence microbial


    growth essential to maintaining food quality

    In production and preservation

    Conditions naturally present in food termed intrinsic


    factors

    Environmental conditions are termed extrinsic factors

    Factors combine to determine which microbes grow


    in particular food and at what rate

    Factors Influencing Growth of


    Microorganisms in Food

    Intrinsic factors
    Multiplication of food greatly influenced by
    inherent characteristics of food
    Microbes multiply most rapidly in moist,
    nutritionally rich, pH neutral foods
    Intrinsic factors include
    Water availability
    pH
    Nutrients
    Biological barriers
    Antimicrobial chemicals

    Factors Influencing Growth of


    Microorganisms in Food

    Intrinsic factors
    Water availability
    Foods vary dramatically in terms of water availability
    Fresh meats and milk have high water content
    Supports microbial growth
    Breads, nuts and dried foods have low water
    availability
    Defined populations can grow in these specific
    environments
    Water activity (aw) used to designate amount of water
    available in foods
    Pure water has aw of 1.0
    Most bacteria require aw of above 0.90
    Most fungi require aw of above 0.80

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