Common Micro Organisms Responsible For Spoilage of Food
Food |
Types of spoilage |
Associates microbes |
(a) Fruits and Vegetables |
Sort rot |
Rhizopus, Erwinia |
(b) Bread |
Mouldy |
Rhizopus stolonifer, Aspergillus niger; Penicillium, Mucor |
(c) Processed meat |
Mouldy Souring Greening Slimy |
Aspergillus, Rhizopus, Penicillium |
(d) Fish |
Putrefaction |
Flavobacterium, Micrococus, Halobacterium |
(e) Eggs |
Green rot |
Pseudomonas fluorescens |
(f) Pickles, fresh meat |
Putrefaction |
Rhodotorula, Clostridium, Pseudomonas, Pr, vulgaris, Alcaligenes |
(g) Con. orange juice |
Off-flavour |
Acetobacter; Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus |


