Title: Unit 5 Glossary
Course: WVA 103 Fermentation Methods > Section: WVA 103 Fermentation Methods

Unit 5 Glossary

Terms

Term | Definitions
Aerobic | requiring air usually means oxygen.
Anaerobic | living without air, as opposed to aerobic.
Bacteria | constitute a large domain or kingdom of prokaryotic microorganisms. Typically a few micrometres in length, bacteria have a wide range of shapes, ranging from spheres to rods and spirals. Bacteria ...
Clean | Free from visible dirt, marks, or stains, free from pollution, contamination, or disease.
Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point | Hazard analysis critical control points, or HACCP is a systematic preventive approach to food safety and allergenic, chemical, and biological hazards in production processes that can cause the fin ...
Microorganism or microbe | is a microscopic organism, which may be a single cell^or multicellular organism. The study of microorganisms is called microbiology, a subject that began with Anton van Leeuwenhoek's discovery of m ...
PH | In chemistry, pH is a measure of the acidity. Solutions with a pH less than 7 are said to be acidic and solutions with a pH greater than 7 are basic or alkaline. Pure water has a pH very close to ...
Sterile | free from bacteria or other living microorganisms.