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Assignment:
1. What type of mould is most commonly found on bread? Describe its appearance.
2. What other types of mould are found on foods and which foods do they commonly grow on?
3. What is penicillin? Explain how it was discovered?
4. What factors promote the growth of mould on food?
5. What factors inhibit the growth of mould on food?
6. What are some common preservatives found in food?
7. What are some drawbacks of food preservatives?
8. What are some of the effects of mould on human health?
9. Explain how moulds reproduce?
10. Your friend keeps complaining that every time they buy bread, it gets mould within a few days. Now that you are an expert on mould, what would you tell them to do so that they don't keep wasting bread?!