Question

Which of the following statements is true about microbial growth within food in the refrigerator?

		a. cold temperature inhibits all bacteria growth
		b. lack of light inhibits microbial growth of most pathogens
		c. food does not typically contain enough oxygen to promote bacterial growth
		d. microorganism growth depends on the specific organisms optimal growth temperature: some grow slow and some grow fast

Answer 1

Answer - option d is correct which state that the microorganism growth depends on the specific organisms optimal growth temperature: some grow slow and some grow fast.

Optimal temperature is the temperature at which the highest growth of the bacteria can be seen so we can observe in our literature that every bacteria and its group has it's own optimal temperature so when it's come to the microorganism growth on food in the refrigerator we can observe that the most of the bacteria which can spoil the food cannot grow or grow very slow at the refrigerator temperature or you may say that the refrigerator temperature is not optimal for the growth of food spoiling microorganism this way by storing our food in refrigerator we can protect our food from being spoiled and can increase the shelf life.