{"id":3976,"count":49,"description":"<strong>Food microbiology is a branch of microbiology that studies a variety of microorganisms involved in the spoilage of food, manufacture of food, and transmission of diseases via food.<\/strong>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food safety is an important part of food microbiology as food continues to act as a mode of transmission of various infectious agents.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Spoilage of food by microorganisms has become a problem for many people around the world as foods act as a nutrient source for microorganisms.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food microbiology focuses not only on the detection of food spoilage but also on the preservation of food against such microorganisms.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Preservation techniques like radiation, dry and moist heat sterilization, filtration uses physical and chemical methods in food microbiology.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Results from various studies have shown the opportunity of using microorganisms as a means for manufacturing different new foods.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The use of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lactobacillus<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in the production of curd, cheese, and butter is an important example of this.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food microbiology is closely related to other disciplines like biotechnology and basic microbiology, which enables the use of genetic recombination for the manufacturing of high-protein containing food for ill and immune-compromised individuals.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The use of probiotics has increased all over the world as useful microorganisms can give instant energy and protein to the body. Other immune booster foods have also found a large market due to advancements in food microbiology.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The application of food microbiology in agriculture has shown to increase harvest and prevention of plant diseases.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Different microbiologically produced polymers like alginate have potential application in the manufacture of new forms of food.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The diagnosis of food-related diseases and detection of infectious agents in food samples interconnect areas like clinical medicine to food microbiology, increasing its scope.<\/span><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pasteurization of milk is yet another example of food microbiology used since ancient times to prevent food-related diseases.<\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","link":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/category\/food-microbiology\/","name":"Food Microbiology","slug":"food-microbiology","taxonomy":"category","parent":0,"meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/3976"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/category"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/microbenotes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?categories=3976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}