8 AUGUST 2021 CURRENT AFFAIRS QUIZ

Yellow discolorations in meat are caused by bacteria with yellow pigments, usually species of

both (a) and (b)

Pseudomonas syncyanea

Micrococcus

Flavobacterium

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Green rots in eggs is chiefly caused by

Micrococcus or Bacillus species

All of these

Molds or yeasts

Pseudomonas fluorescens

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Which of the following is responsible for a musty or earthy flavor?

Pseudomonas syncyanea

Actinomycetes

Flavobacterium

both (a) and (b)

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The red color of meat, called its bloom, may be changed to shades of green, brown or grey as a result of production of oxidizing compounds by bacteria. Which of the following species are reported to cause the greening of sausage?

Leuconostoc

Pseudomonas

Both (a) and (b)

Lactobacillus

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Molds causing spoilage of eggs include species of

Thamnidium

Mucor

Cladosporium

all of these

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Lactic acid bacteria in meats may be responsible for

souring

All of these

production of green discoloration

slime formation at the surface or within especially in presence of sucrose

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Which of the following is recommended for the improvement in flavor during ageing of beef under controlled conditions?

T. elegans

Thamnidium

Rhizopus

M. mucedo

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White spot in meat is formed due to presence of

Sporotrichum carnis

both (a) and (b)

P. oxalicum

P. expansum

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Unopened, sliced bacon, packaged in material somewhat highly resistant to oxygen permeability, is spoiled mostly by

Micrococci

fecal Streptococci

Lactobacilli

molds

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Pink rots in eggs is caused by the strains of

Pseudomonas fluorescens

None of these

species of Micrococcus or Bacillus

Pseudomonas

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