Statement 1: Microorganism responsible for most organism pathogen in humans is thermophile. Statement 2: Mesophiles have an optimum temperature growth below 10 deg C and psychrophiles have an optimum temperature growth at around 55 deg C.

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asked Jan 30, 2022 in Food Engineering by Amelia (93.7k points)

Statement 1: Microorganism responsible for most organism pathogen in humans is thermophile.

Statement 2: Mesophiles have an optimum temperature growth below 10 deg C and psychrophiles have an optimum temperature growth at around 55 deg C.

(a) True, False

(b) True, True

(c) False, False

(d) False, True

I have been asked this question in an interview for internship.

I want to ask this question from Principles of Fresh Food Storage-2 in division Food Preservation, Principles of Fresh Food Storage, Principles of Refrigerated Gas Storage of Foods and Principles of Food Freezing of Food Engineering

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