Modelling the growth rate of Escherichia coli as a function of pH and lactic acid concentration

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2355-2360

  Presser, K A ^a   Ratkowsky, D A ^a   Ross, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MODEL; PH;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030956947     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aem.63.6.2355-2360.1997     Document Type: Article

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