Answer: Some bacteria, protozoans and worms called nematodes
Explanation:
Refrigerated conditions typically include temperatures ranging from 4 °C to below freezing. This preserves food by halting mechanisms of decay and spoilage. Some parasites, which are incapable of surviving their entire life cycle on their own as free living organisms, have mechanisms or adaptations that allow them to withstand very low temperatures. Some examples include:
- Anisakis (sealworm)- nematodes found in fish; these worms typically inhabit hosts that survive in cold temperatures; they require prolonged freezing and cooking to kill larvae.
- Giardia: these microscopic parasites are proto.zoans. During their life cycles cysts are known to be able to survive in cold water for prolonged periods of time
- Listeria- these bacterial parasites are ubiquitous have been responsible for numerous food recalls. When they enter the human body, they become parasites which feed on human cells and cause the disease listeriosis.
