NEET BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Summary. A review of the factors affecting fungal growth indicates that moisture level, oxygen content, and temperature are the growth requisites that can be most easily altered to adversely affect fungal growth and delay stain or decay development.

Detailed explanation-2: -They can grow in almost any temperature but exhibit the best growth at 25-30 degrees Celsius and in a moist environment. Yeasts make their food from sugar and other organic materials, so it’s important to have this present in the growth medium.

Detailed explanation-3: -Both psychrophilic and psychrotrophic fungi have the ability to grow at 0°C. Psychrophilic fungi have an optimum temperature for growth of c. 15°C or lower, and a maximum temperature for growth of 20°C or below, whereas psychrotrophic fungi have a maximum temperature for growth above 20°C.

Detailed explanation-4: -Fungal and bacterial growth rates had optimum temperatures around 25-30 degrees C, while at higher temperatures lower values were found. This decrease was more drastic for fungi than for bacteria, resulting in an increase in the ratio of bacterial to fungal growth rate at higher temperatures.