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Khang Hoang

Mrs.Stevens

Life Science 1

31 January 2018

Does Pork Or Beef Grow More Bacteria Quickly?

What is bacteria?

Bacteria are things that live on everywhere and even in our body. Bacteria are organisms that is

very small, single-celled, in environment, inside, outside other organisms. Some bacteria are

harmful, but most can do a useful purpose. They support many forms of life, both plant and

animal, and they are used in industrial and medicinal processes. Bacteria are considered to have

been the first organisms to appear on earth, about 4 billion years ago. The oldest known fossils

are of bacteria-like organisms. Bacteria can use most organic and some inorganic compounds as

food, and some can survive extreme conditions. A growing interest in the function of the gut

microbiome is shedding new light on the roles bacteria play in human health.

What causes bacteria to grow or reproduce?

Bacteria reproduce by binary fission. The bacteria copy and then splits into two daughter cells

identical DNA to their parents, daughter cell is like a clone of their parents. The bacteria are

most likely to grow in dirty places and in the conditions that are favourable such as the right

temperature and nutrients are available for them to grow and reproduce.

Where does bacteria commonly grow?

The bacteria are commonly grow in the temperatures about 40 degrees F and 140 degrees F and

it doubles its numbers up in every twenty minutes.They need water, nutrients, food for them to
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grow in a dirty places, they can grow almost everywhere even in your body.

What kinds of bacteria are harmful to people?

The kinds of bacteria that are harmful to people is bacteria & viruses.Bacillus cereus, botulism,

campylobacter, clostridium perfringens, e.coli, hepatitis a. Listeria, … , norovirus salmonella,

shigella, staphylococcus, vibrio infections.

Parasites

Allergens

Molds, Toxins and contaminants

These bacteria are the types to cause illness, dangerous for people who has this bacteria.

What kinds of bacteria are good for people?

The kinds of bacteria that are good for people is lactobacillus acidophilus & other lactobacilli.In

the world, there are more than eighty species of the lactobacillus genus of probiotics-good

bacteria like Lactobacillus Acidophilus & Other Lactobacilli, Bifidobacterium Bifidum and

Breve, Streptococcus Thermophilus and Salivarius, Bacillus Coagulans. Yogurt is an example of

food that contains these bacteria.

How do you measure bacteria growth?

I can measure bacteria growth by just a simply observation and I can use other methods such as a

counting chamber & viab

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