System analysis of the dynamics of bacterial spore populations during lethal heat treatment

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 595-603

  Rodriguez, A C ^a,c   Smerage, G H ^b,c  

^a BAXTER HEALTHCARE CORPORATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c ASAE ^*

Author keywords

B. Subtilis; Dynamics; Exponential decay; Lethal heating; Model; Parameter estimation; Rate constants; Spore; System

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009975143     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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