Microbiología de los Alimentos

Food Microbiology

Fundamentals and Applications in Health Sciences

2nd Edition

Miguel Hernández
Medica Panamericana
304 pages
ISBN: 9786078546831
Origin: Spanish
May 2023

This book is organized in three parts. Part I covers the generalities of food microbiology; the characteristics of bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites; the different ways in which they can contaminate food, and the elements that favor the development of bacteria in foodstuffs. Part II focuses on diseases transmitted by food consumption where emphasis is placed on the mechanisms used by bacteria to cause damage to humans. Part III outlines the main microbial groups that are indicators of sanitary quality, what alterations they cause in food and how they are detected in the laboratory.