• Question: can bananans rot in ice

    Asked by anon-197829 to Sonal, Rosanna, Matthew, Marleen, Dan, Atreya on 6 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Matthew Selwood

      Matthew Selwood answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      I would err on the side of no? I think that frozen flesh seems to be pretty well preserved, although I am not a biologist so could be very wrong!

    • Photo: Marleen Wilde

      Marleen Wilde answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      I would think that depends how cold the ice conditions are and how stable, if there are air gaps etc. There are bacteria that can live in icy conditions and that could make the banana rot. However, the process would be much much slower than at room temperature.

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