Noun. 1. moniker-a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph; Henry's nickname was Slim.byname, cognomen, nickname, sobriquet, soubriquet.oun. 1. moniker-a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph; Henry's nickname was Slim.
- Water activity is a better index for microbial growth than water content since microorganism only uses available water of the food sample. Some factors affecting the responses of microorganisms to water activity are the production of metabolites, taxonomic classification and solute concentration.
This essay has been submitted by a student. This is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers. Microbial growth causes an increase in a microorganism's size and population number and can be studied using batch and continuous culture mediums (Lansing M. Prescott et al. 1990, 1993, p. 112)