Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
15th Edition
ISBN: 9780134261928
Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 32.8, Problem 2MQ
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Staphylococcus aureus is a gram-positive bacteria that is commonly known to cause food poisoning. The primary site of infection of this bacteria is skin and the respiratory tract (upper). The bacteria produces a type of exotoxin called enterotoxin that mainly affects the gastrointestinal tract of human hosts.
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
Ch. 32.1 - What is potable water?Ch. 32.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.1 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.2 - Why is Escherichia coli used as an indicator...Ch. 32.2 - What procedures are used to ensure the safety of...Ch. 32.2 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.3 - What organism causes cholera, and what are the...Ch. 32.3 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.3 - Prob. 3MQCh. 32.3 - Why are antibiotics ineffective for the treatment...
Ch. 32.4 - How is legionellosis transmitted?Ch. 32.4 - Identify specific measures for control of...Ch. 32.4 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.5 - Contrast the causative agents of typhoid and noro...Ch. 32.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.5 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.6 - List the major food groups as categorized by their...Ch. 32.6 - Identify physical and chemical methods used for...Ch. 32.6 - List some dairy, meat, beverage, and vegetable...Ch. 32.6 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.7 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.7 - Describe microbial sampling procedures for solid...Ch. 32.7 - Prob. 3MQCh. 32.7 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.8 - Identify the symptoms and mechanism of...Ch. 32.8 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.8 - Staphylococcal food poisoning results from the...Ch. 32.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.9 - Clostridium food poisoning results from ingestion...Ch. 32.10 - Describe salmonellosis food infection. How does a...Ch. 32.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.10 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.11 - How do STEC strains of Escherichia coli differ...Ch. 32.11 - Why are meats prime vehicles for pathogenic E....Ch. 32.11 - Toxigenic Escherichia coli cause many food...Ch. 32.12 - Describe the pathology of Campylobacter food...Ch. 32.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.12 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.13 - Prob. 1MQCh. 32.13 - Prob. 2MQCh. 32.13 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32.14 - In what two forms can Bacillus cereus food...Ch. 32.14 - Compared with all other foodborne or waterborne...Ch. 32.14 - Prob. 1CRCh. 32 - As a visitor to a country in which cholera is an...Ch. 32 - Prob. 2AQCh. 32 - Prob. 3AQ
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