Write the names of microbes found in following food materials.

Yoghurt, bread, root nodules of leguminous plants, idli, dosa, spoiled potato curry.

Complete the statements using the proper option from those given below. Explain the statements.

(Mycotoxins, budding, rhizobium)

A. Yeast reproduces asexually by the ............. method.

B. Toxins of fungal origin are called............. .

C. Leguminous plants can produce more proteins due to............. .

Identify the odd word out and say why it is the odd one?

A. Pneumonia, diphtheria, chicken pox, cholera.

B. Lactobacilli, rhizobia, yeast, clostridia.

C. Root rot, rust (tambera), rubella, mozaic.

Give scientific reasons.

A. Foam accumulates on at the surface of ‘dal’ kept for a long time in summer.

B. Why are naphthalene balls kept with clothes to be put away?

Write down the modes of infection and the preventive measures against fungal diseases.