Bacteria Can Rarely Colonize and Contaminate Foods with High Sugar

question 82

Multiple Choice

Bacteria can rarely colonize and contaminate foods with high sugar content,such as syrup,honey,jelly,or bags of sugar,even if these products are left open in warm temperatures.The reason they do not become contaminated is because bacteria that encounter these foods

• A)undergo death as a result of water loss from the cell.
• B)are unable to metabolize the glucose,sucrose,or fructose and thus starve to death.
• C)experience lysis.
• D)are obligate anaerobes.
• E)are unable to move through these thick and viscous materials.

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