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Life Sciences => Cells, Microbes & Viruses => Topic started by: paul.fr on 26/09/2007 08:05:46

Title: increasing bread mould
Post by: paul.fr on 26/09/2007 08:05:46

will repeated opening and closing of the bag containing a loaf of bread, increase the rate of mould growth?

Title: increasing bread mould
Post by: JimBob on 27/09/2007 04:12:09

It lets more spores in as well as spreading around those few spores from the mold's fruiting bodies already on the bread. So I have a feeling the answer is "Yes"

Of course, I am not a mycologist. Is there a mycologist in the house???????

Title: increasing bread mould
Post by: Jimbob12321 on 08/01/2008 19:01:44

By opening the bag more times, it would allow more moisture in allowing the spores of mold to multiply, and as more moisture is let in the faster the multiplication.