What is milk? Milk is the first food we taste. It is therefore associated with comfort and strength. We live in a milk consuming society where infants‚ adolescents‚ and adults drink milk. Milk sales reach eleven billion dollars annually in the United States alone (McDougall). Incredible advertising campaigns‚ such as “got milk?” portray celebrities and beautiful‚ healthy people who ensure us that milk is essentially good for us. In 1999 alone‚ this campaign cost one hundred and thirty million dollars
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of my microbiology class at Brunswick Community College. This journey started out with a media plate cultured with an unknown species of bacteria. I was then instructed by my professor to use all of my previous knowledge to identify the unknown bacterial pathogen. This lab led me to master my skills of using the Gram stain‚ testing for catalase‚ testing for coagulase and using the oxacillin screen. Now I am going to take you with me on the journey to the unknown. As I recall from earlier that
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Fighting Bacterial Growth The purpose of this lab was to determine the effectiveness of antiseptics‚ disinfectants‚ and antibiotics on bacteria. The hypothesis was that if bleach was used‚ it would be the most effective because bleach is commonly used to clean and disinfect various things. The variables that were tested were antibacterial soap and Scope mouthwash for the antiseptics; bleach and ammonia for the disinfectant; and Cipro‚ erythromycin‚ and tetracycline for the antibiotics. All of these
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In the Philippines‚ coffees and milk tea shops became prevalent‚ not just in upper and middle class professionals‚ but also to high school/college students looking for an ambiance‚ a cool place to hang around while enjoying a sip of their favourite coffee or milk tea products. Nowadays‚ there is a new tea craze sweeping the metropolis. People line up to savor this new incarnation of tea. Some even spend more than 30 minutes just to drink this new fad. It is milk tea. Nowadays‚ beverages are
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immediate threat to human health. [1] In this article we explore contamination from this particular strain of E. coli bacteria (O157:H7) and enteric viruses‚ their potential threats and how to test the water for such contamination. Bacterial Contamination Bacterial contamination of water is usually in the form of coliform bacteria. Coliform bacteria live in soil/vegetation and in the gastrointestinal tract of animals and humans. They thrive in warm‚ wet and dark places.
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Succession Lab INTRODUCTION: The purpose of our lab was to begin to understand the rates of succession. Succession is a number of persons or things following one another in order or sequence. Considering that all living things follow some sort of order‚ Joey Collins‚ Brian Carman‚ Chris Broadwater‚ Marisa Grondin‚ and I attempted to figure the succession rates of two different forests. In order to do this we used the forest behind the elementary school and the forest behind the track‚ by the
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Milk We deserve the same rights as they do. “My name is Harvey Milk‚ and I’m here to recruit you‚” were the famous words of Harvey Milk‚ the first openly gay member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He was elected after 3 times of losing the election because there weren’t enough people who support gay rights in San Francisco at the time. Although times have changes and many people are more open minded and are more supportive of LGBT communities‚ the LGBT communities still do not
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Advanced Food hygiene Assigment question 6 Non Bacterial Food Posioning Food poisoning can be caused by the consumption of food contaminated by substances other than bacteria. This can occur by contamination of the food by chemicals‚ the ingestion of poisonous plants and by eating fish or shellfish that have been feeding on poisonous plankton or living in contaminated waters. Several foods contain naturally occurring poisons. This is more common in plants; there are hardly any animals that are
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with said substances. Background Information Milk is a nutrient-rich liquid found in the mammary glands of mammals. It is the primary source of nutrition for all newborn mammals‚ and is made up of water‚ lactose‚ proteins‚ and minerals. Curds are a solid dairy product achieved by the curdling‚ or coagulation‚ of milk. Historically‚ curds are most often used in the production of cheese. Curds are achieved by the denaturing of proteins in milk‚ particularly caseins‚ which is a protein group that
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Introduction In recent years‚ the relationship between supermarkets with UK farmers that called oligopsony is a heated topic in the society. Some people hold the view that the advantages of oligopsony overweigh those disadvantages. Nevertheless‚ others believed that it is one way that UK farmers controlled by the supermarkets. It is natural that people come from different backgrounds will have various attitudes to the same issue. In the report‚ the advantages and disadvantages of oligopsony for
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