Question

Write the name of microbes found in the following food materials.
Yogurt, bread, root nodules of leguminous plants, idli, dosa, spoiled potato curry.

Answer 1

Hint: Microbes are the organisms which are cannot be seen by the naked eyes such as bacteria, fungi, etc.

Complete answer: The microbes found in the following food materials are :
1. Yogurt: Streptococcus thermophilus and Lactobacillus bulgaricus are the microbes that convert the milk sugar lactose to lactic acid.
2. Bread: Saccharomyces cerevisiae which ferments the sugar to alcohol and also produces bubbles of carbon dioxide which makes the bread fluffy.
Root nodules of leguminous plants: Rhizome is in Anaerobic bacteria which help in nitrogen fixation in leguminous plants by the formation of nodules in the root.
3. Idli/dosa: Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Lactobacillus fermentum are responsible for souring and live to leaven of the batter.
4. Spoiled potato curry: Bacillus subtilis spoilage of potato as they have the ability to produce enzymes that are capable of degrading the tissue.

Additional information: Bacteria are the sole members of The Kingdom Monera. They are the most abundant microorganisms bacteria is a group that shows the most extensive metabolic diversity.

Note: Fungi belong to Kingdom fungi they mostly dependent on others for their food. Fungi prefer to grow in warm and humid places with the exception of yeast which are unicellular, fungi are filamentous.