In Time, Bread Becomes Stale and Grows Mold on the Exposed

question 6

Multiple Choice

In time, bread becomes stale and grows mold on the exposed surfaces. Why does mold not begin growing inside the bread loaf?

• A) Mold can grow only on dry surfaces.
• B) Only molds at the surface of the bread can get oxygen to respire.
• C) Mold actually begins from anywhere inside but produces colored spores only at the surface.
• D) There is an antibiotic antagonism between the bread mold and the internal yeasts that made the bread rise.
• E) The bread was sterilized when it was baked and thereafter mold spores settle only on the outside of the cooled bread.

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