Where Does the Mold on Bread Come From?
When bread is old, it develops a furry, green or gray coat called mold. Mold is actually a patch of tiny plants which grow more rapidly than the weeds in your garden. Since no one "plants" this mold on the bread, where then does it come from?
The plant's spores, which are its reproductive bodies, float around in the air until they find some place to land. They are too tiny to even be seen when they are floating about. But when they land, usually on warm, moist bread, they begin to grow just like seeds do in warm, moist soil. As they grow, they send more spores into the air and onto the bread as well.
Each tiny mold plant, when seen under a microscope, has two branches, a longer one with little black balls (the spores) and a shorter one, which acts like a root, penetrating into the bread and absorbing food.
Interestingly, a mold's diet is quite varied. Not only will it grow on bread, but also on meat, vegetables, and even shoes, clothes, and books if they're in warm, moist areas.
A mold, similar to the one found on bread, is grown in special tanks by scientists and produces one of the Marvels of modern medicine, penicillin!
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i need help!!
due 2 morrow.help!DONT UNDESTAND!!!
Okay so help! How long should
Okay so help! How long should it take mold to grow, I have been doing a science experiment for 10 days on moldy bread and no mold has grown!!!!!!
My science project is due soon so help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hey!!
just because im allergic to penicillin means i can die from shock dont mean you get to brag it all over the place i got my speacial needs down here at texas too!!!!!
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i think mold is so cool and nasty at the same time when i
see mold it makes me wana itch
OMG I dont like science
I need help me growin mold 4 science fair project
help
how long does it take for mold 2 grow
IT TAKES 6 WEEKS
its true!bye. de nada. -Pedro
mold and fungi
plz someone tell me what really is mold and fungi I don't understand the big words you all use. Help me
Mold is suprising how reisitant it is.
Mold can grow almost any place as long as it has moisture. It can be dormint for years and then grow when it gets wet. One fact that amazes me is it can be harmfull and helpfull it all depends on the strain of mold.
Mold can grow on the most unusal places.
Considering how fast mold grows on bread let alone tile on a shower no one should be suprised how hary it is. Mold spores can stay dorminant untill water makes them grow. You can spread mold around if your not carefull when your cleaning it. It can be harmfull and helpfull it all depends on the strain.
hi
Why are you guyz talking to someone you are asking the quiestion to?
mold
i think mold projects are bad. because if u inhale to many mold fumes i can die
LOL
Not UNLESS ur allergic like i cant die from mold im special
Why does mold grow?? I too,
Why does mold grow?? I too, did a science fair project, and I found that the rye bread develops mold the fastest. I was wondering why, and it would be great for some answers. Thanks, ~Anonymous
i need to know more
i need to know how mold gets to the places it gets to without people knowing, what are forms of mold ? ? i need to know more
What is the actual one that
What is the actual one that it grows on the best ( Meat, Bread, or Vegetables)?
is the fact that it grows on shoes and the other things actuly found with mold or was it tested or do you just know from someone that told you that it grew mold on SHOES!!!!!!!!!!!!:):):) don't ask me why I ask this!!!!!
mold
this is true if tennis shoes are wet for a lond time u start to see mold spots on the fabric.
need answers
i need more info about science fair projects because i have one and i need more info.....
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