Essay On Food Bacteria

In the recent past, the changes in lifestyles in the world including eating behaviors, ways of food storage and their production, in general, has led to increasing in diseases mainly from contaminated food. This has been found to be associated with Listeria food bacteria known for the major effects it can cause in human bodies. Research in the food industry indicates that Listeria causes more foodborne diseases than any other bacteria in food production in biology. The contamination of food in the process of production and storage has been linked as among the leading causes of the situation. With many mechanisms established to help prevent and eliminate the case in the food industry, Listeria has been found to grow in biofilms a situation

The research specifies that Listeria is seen under the microscope as small gram-positive rods appearing to be arranged in various forms of chains of short lengths. There exist different types and species of Listeria which can be categorized or distinguished through biochemical processes. They can be found in various kinds of soils acting as their homes and harbor enabling them to develop and reproduce as they attach themselves to crops and further in particular animals. However, the most common place that keeps them alive and existing is in the soil (Blaschek, Wang, Pometto III & Demirc, 2015). Soil has the capacity and ability to hold Listeria for as long as it can since it cannot be affected by anything biologically as it contains no life in it. Listeria thereby spreads most in soil related substances and organisms that develop out of it, mostly plants and later advancing to the animals as the first step upon the plants being eaten by these animals. In human beings, Listeria gets access as a result of improper cooking of vegetables and fruits and also arises from beverages, the dairy products being the main access point from improper