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General Microbiology & Immunology (PM 401) Second level Semester 4 2024/2025
Summary
3-pH
• Microorgisms affected by pH of foods, since they do not have any mechanism to
adjust their internal pH.
• Each microorganism has an optimum pH where it grow best
• Most microbes do not grow within 1pH unit above or below their optimum.
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