Why does bread grow mold?
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Yeast is neither a bacteria OR a mold.  It is a fungus! Molds are a type of fungus too, and yeasts are closely related.  The green stuff and other fluffy stuff that grows on bread at times is not yeast.\n\nMold reproduces with spores, and the spores are essentially everywhere, they just need the right environment to grow in.  They need some dampness, but can grow in places that have relatively little liquid water, unlike most bacteria.  They seem to do well in and on media that are osmotically unfavorable for keeping water inside of a membrane, like cheeses, jellys and bread. Seems like when there is an abundance of water, other organisms tend to outgrow the mold, but go someplace hostile, like the surface of really sugary jam or jelly, so sugary that ordinary bacteria have all their water leach out of them if they try to grow in it, and mold pretty much rules. Wikipedia probably has more information.
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because mushrooms are a type of fungus growth....moisture greatly accelerates their growth.they cant survive in dry conditions.
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(m)\n\nMolds help to make cheese, fertilize gardens, and speed decaying of garbage and fallen leaves.  Penicillin is made from molds.  Molds can also provoke allergic reactions, however.  Molds spores are carried by the wind and predominate in the summer and early fall.  They thrive year round in warm climates.  Cutting grass, harvesting crops, or walking through tall vegetation can provoke an allergic reaction.  People who repair old furniture are also at risk because old wood often harbors mold spores
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I believe it is the yeast that makes the bread light and fluffy.. or else with will be a like a cracker when you bake it
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B, chemical and extracellular. Fungi excrete digestive enzymes into the bread itself, so that the fungi can then suck up the gooey bits of bread and digest it themselves.
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by what i have heard its found in dirt. it could be something due to hygiene. They found in the study that the people using the bauch and lombe (moisture lock)were acquiring the fungus so these were being removed from stores.
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It would be a negative. If you think of unleavened bread this refers to flat bread due to the dough not having yeast in it and dough without yeast will not rise. Therefore, the answer would be negative.
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you should just run your own experiment..that is the point of a science fair project, right?  it's only qualitative data anyway...you don't need to write down any numbers except numers of days...but you don't have any materials to test the acidity of the bread or anything quantitative at all...you just record the progression of the bread molding...(i.e. on day 1 the bread was fresh..on day 2 the bread was stale...on day 3 the bread had 1 spot of mold...on day 4 the bread had 4 spots of mold.)
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No, because bread, which is classified in the "grains", is not enough for the human body to survive on.  You must have water (or some other fluid containing water), and it is also recommended that you have the other food groups in the FDA's New Food Pyramid
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first you type: bread mold into google. \n\nYou look what kind of fungus grows on bread and read for a while about different kinds. \nYou write down the scientific names of some bread molds which you would like to research more on. You need those names, because they don't really have common names. \nThen you type that name into google and see what you can find out. \nGive some background info first, what are molds, where can you find them \nIf you are ambitious (or still don't have enough pages full) you can also type in that name into google scholar. That should give you plenty to read. \n\nGeneral ideas: antibiotics are produced by some bread molds, aspergillus niger is used for commercial citric acid production, and neurospora crassa is a model organism for genetics\n\nonce you are through all of that you have material for 20-50 pages...
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There is a couple of ways that mold can make you sick (I assume you're talking about inhalation of mold).  Certian molds release substances that are toxic to the body, breathing them in introduces the toxins to the body and can make one very sick.\n\nThe second, and probably most common way molds make you sick is by causing an allergic reaction when inhaled.  Like pollen, dust, and other allergens, this reaction can range from mild to very severe.
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1) Fermentation - when making bread dough, yeast, sugar, salt, and water are combined. The yeast eat the sugar and ferment it creating alcohol and carbon dioxide. The carbon dioxide is responsible for bread raising.\n\n2) Acid/base chemistry - when making biscuits and other quick breads, the bubbles in the dough are formed by the reaction between baking soda (base) and an acid. The acid can be buttermilk, lemon juice, or vinegar.\n\n3) Caramelization - when sauteing meat, the goal is to develop a deep brown crust. This crust gives most meat its distinctive taste and is a hallmark of French cooking. Caramelization is the result of heat breaking down proteins into simple sugars giving the food a slightly sweet and complex taste.
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When people are consistently exposed to high mold spore levels a host of symptoms can develop, here a few to look for nasal congestion, irritation of the eyes, inflammation of the sinuses, irritation of the skin, breathlessness, headaches, runny nose, sore throat, hoarseness, fatigue, and memory loss.
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Mucor or Rhizopus is a saprophytic fungus. It likes to live and draw nourishment from dead and decaying organic matter.\n Mucor grows best on a stale, moist bread in warm and humid atmosphere.Therefore, it is also called bread mould.
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Candida Albicans, a yeast fungus, grows in the rectum and vagina. In a healthy vagina, the presence of some yeast may not be a problem. When your system is out of balance, yeast-like organisms may grown profusely and cause a thick, white discharge that may look like cottage cheese and smell like baking bread. If a woman has a yeast infection when she gives birth, the baby will get yeast in its throat or digestive tract. This is called thrush and is treated orally with nystatin drops.\n\n    Candida grows best in a mildly acidic environment. The pH in the vagina is normally more than mildly acidic (4.0 to 5.0), except when we take birth control pills or some antibiotics, are pregnant, have diabetes and when we menstruate (when the pH rises to between 5.8 and 6.8, because blood is alkaline). Obviously, we often find ourselves with a vaginal pH favorable to candida, so preventative measures are especially important.\n\n\n\nIn addition, the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health tell us that YIs are "common among women who use estrogen-containing birth control pills and among women who are pregnant. This is due to the increased level of estrogen in the body. The increased hormone level causes changes in the vaginal environment that make it perfect for fungal growth and nourishment. Yeast infections may also occur in association with diabetes or problems that affect the immune system (such as AIDS or HIV). Vaginal candidiasis is not considered a sexually transmitted disease."\n\nThe NLM and NIH also note that a "yeast infection may follow a course of antibiotics (particularly tetracycline) that were prescribed for another purpose. The antibiotics change the normal balance between organisms in the vagina by suppressing the growth of protective bacteria that normally have an antifungal effect." You can read more about that here as well as elsewhere in this post.
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Mold is visible to the eye- the ugly black stuff on walls . If you keep on living with it, you could even get asthma. Baking soda should help scrub it away, if you find it. Otherwise just make a complaint to whoever's incharge.
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It's actually not an infection at all... in the sense that infections are usually caused by germs.\n\nYeast overgrowth is really a better term for it.\n\nWhen you have taken antibiotics, sometimes you get a yeast overgrowth because the antibiotics have killed all the germs in your body that control the growth of yeast.\n\nIt's kind of like a chemical imbalance, and it can happen at times when your body is going through a lot of stress, either physical or emotional, such as lack of sleep.\n\nAll it takes is a round of antifungal, to get that yeast growth under control.  You aren't contagious or dirty.\n\n\nI♥♫→mia☼☺†