Microbiology surrounding us everywhere, they are found in air, water, soil, animals and humans too sure. Some of these useful neighborhoods where used in the manufacture of dairy and meat products, but some of the other patients and harmless and can cause a variety of ailments. And we'll show you in this topic information on three types of microorganisms that can contaminate food and cause a disease transmitted bacteria, viruses and parasites. As there are also fungi and molds Kalkhmaúr that spoil food but do not cause disease.
Types of injuries
Infection by bacteria, viruses or parasites that can cause common symptoms such as diarrhea, vomiting, fever and jaundice. There are three types of foodborne illness: the injury resulting from contaminated food neighborhoods harmful microscopic, poisoning from contaminated food microbial toxins, in addition to the injury caused by bacteria sick from eating contaminated food microbiological sick.
Bacteria
No one knows that food contaminated with bacteria because it is invisible to the naked eye. And grow the bacteria in foods that contain protein and are low-acid foods such as meat, milk, cooked vegetables, rice, poultry. And grow bacteria while increasing the number and not the size, due to many factors, the most important type of food where they grow more food in the humid and low acidity, water because bacteria need water to grow, the pH level, temperature and oxygen. The bacteria can be prevented through personal hygiene, food stored properly, use disinfectant tools.
Viruses
Viruses are smaller microbiology, and can cause many diseases transmitted through food. Viruses do not grow in food, but passed through from one person to another person, they are water pollution, food, drinks and ready-made foods, too. To control the virus, but can not prevent it from entering the food through personal hygiene, buy food from safe sources and the use of water security for the preparation of food.
Parasites
Finally, the parasites are also such as viruses do not grow in food, but transmitted through food. There are two ways to transmitted to humans: First, parasites found in human feces and can contaminate drinking water and food, which spread by infected people. Second, natural parasites found in animals such as pigs, cats, rodents and even fish. So in the event of any cooking class of these animals must be suitable temperature to get rid of parasites