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Pitt, John Ingram was born on March 13, 1937 in Wamberal, Australia. Son of Mervyn Osbert and Ivie Jean (Ingram) Pitt.
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This book is designed as a laboratory guide for the food microbiologist, to assist in the isolation and identification of common food-borne fungi. We emphasise the fungi which cause food spoilage, but also devote space to the fungi commonly encountered in foods at harvest, and in the food factory. As far as possible, we have kept the text simple, although the need for clarity in the descriptions has necessitated the use of some specialised mycological terms. The identification keys have been designed for use by microbiologists with little or no prior knowledge of mycology. For identification to genus level, they are based primarily on the cultural and physiological characteristics of fungi grown under a standardised set of conditions. The microscopic features of the various fungi become more important when identifying isolates at the species level. Nearly all of the species treated have been illustrated with colony photographs, together with photomicrographs or line drawings. The photomicrographs were taken using a Zeiss WL microscope fitted with Nomarski interference contrast optics. We are indebted to Mr W. Rushton and Ms L. Burton, who printed the many hundreds of photographs used to make up the figures in this book. We also wish to express out appreciation to Dr D.L. Hawksworth, Dr A.H.S.
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In contrast to the second edition, the third edition of ‘‘Fungi and Food Spoilage’’ is evolutionary rather than revolutionary. The second edition was intended to cover almost all of the species likely to be encountered in mainstream food supplies, and only a few additional species have been included in this new edition. The third edition represents primarily an updating – of taxonomy, physiology, mycotoxin production and ecology. Changes in taxonomy reflect the impact that molecular methods have had on our understanding of classification but, it must be said, have not radically altered the overall picture. The improvements in the understanding of the physiology of food spoilage fungi have been relatively small, reflecting perhaps the lack of emphasis on physiology in modern mic- biological science. Much remains to be understood about the specificity of particular fungi for particular substrates, of the influence of water activity on the growth of many of the species treated, and even on such basic parameters as cardinal temperatures for growth and the influence of pH and preservatives. Since 1997, a great deal has been learnt about the specificity of mycotoxin production and in which commodities and products-specific mycotoxins are likely to occur. Changes in our understanding of the ecology of the included species are also in most cases evolutionary. A great number of papers have been published on the ecology of foodborne fungi in the past few years, but with few exceptions the basic ecology of the included species remains.
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Pitt, John Ingram was born on March 13, 1937 in Wamberal, Australia. Son of Mervyn Osbert and Ivie Jean (Ingram) Pitt.
Bachelor of Science, U. New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, 1963; Master of Science, U. New South Wales, 1965; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, Davis, 1968.
From technical assistant to chief research scientist division food science, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Sydney, 1954-1992; chief research scientist, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Sydney, since 1992.
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Fellow Australian Society Microbiology (Distinguished Svc. award 1991), Australian Institute Food Science Technology (Merit award 1996). Member American Society Microbiology.
Married Patricia Anne Milgate, April 20, 1963. Children: Ian Geoffrey, Gordon James.