Bacteriology & Antibiotics

Food bacteriology

It is a combination of many topics like food preservation, food spoilage, molecular food, fermented food technology, brewing microbiology. Bacteria metabolism shows the impact on food odour, colour, taste, pH changes, slime layer formation. In addition to pathogenic bacteria, there are beneficial bacteria which boosts up an immune system like Probiotics, Prebiotics. Intake of adequate amounts of probiotic food confers good health. Probiotic bacteria include Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium boosts the immune system.