CLINICAL MEDICINE

Detailed explanation-1: -The two types of fungi that are important in food spoilage are yeasts and molds.

Detailed explanation-2: -Molds most often found on meat and poultry are Alternaria, Aspergillus, Botrytis, Cladosporium, Fusarium, Geotrichum, Monilia, Manoscus, Mortierella, Mucor, Neurospora, Oidium, Oosproa, Penicillium, Rhizopus and Thamnidium. These molds can also be found on many other foods.

Detailed explanation-3: -Mildew refers to certain kinds of mold or fungus. The term mildew is often used generically to refer to mold growth, usually with a flat growth habit. Molds include all species of microscopic fungi that grow in the form of multicellular filaments, called hyphae.

Detailed explanation-4: -A. niger is the most common species used in industrial fermentation of citric acid, but other molds and yeasts, such as Aspergillus wentii, Penicillium citrinum and Candida lipolytica can also accumulate this acid.