PATHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Bacteria can live in hotter and colder temperatures than humans, but they do best in a warm, moist, protein-rich environment that is pH neutral or slightly acidic.

Detailed explanation-2: -The majority require relative humidity (RH) of 60 percent or more, though some can survive and multiply in >20 percent RH. Thus, decreasing temperature and moisture (relative humidity), creates a less hospitable environment for microorganisms to grow.

Detailed explanation-3: -Organisms that grow at optimum temperatures of 50 °C to a maximum of 80 °C are called thermophiles (“heat loving”). They do not multiply at room temperature.