Pizza and Pathogens

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Pizza and Pathogens
Lesson No. 1
Bacteria The Good, the Bad the Ugly
Brought to you by the Auburn University Center
for Detection and Food Safety.
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Imagine a world with 5,000,000 trillion trillion
humans.
Hint Theres not enough room!
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No air, air Without bacteria.
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Brrrr Nothing but ice and water?
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Bacteria even love warm temperatures
Red Sulphur bacteria hang out at volcanoes to
eat!
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Bacteria eat what we dont want to eat!
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In fact, without bacteria we wouldnt be able to
live.
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Or eat salads.
We couldnt breath.
We couldnt even eat a Big Mac.
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So, wait a second.Bacteria is good?Say what?
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Introducing The Bad Guys (Well, some of them)
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Some of you may be familiar with things bad
bacteria cause.

• Body Odor (Gross)
• Moldy food
• Sore throats
• Ear infections
• Bad breath
• You get the picture.

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3,000 deaths
Foodborne pathogens fancy word for bad bacteria
also caused
128,000 hospital trips
48,000,000 illnesses in all
Thats just in one year!
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How does all that bad bacteria get in our food?