Modeling Microbial Populations with the Original and Modified Versions of the Continuous and Discrete Logistic Equations

Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 471-490

  Peleg, Micha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Fermentation; Fermi's equation; Food poisoning; Gompertz model; Population dynamics; Population explosions; Predictive microbiology; Survival curves; Tissue culture

Indexed keywords

FOOD CONTROL; MATHEMATICS; REVIEW; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MATHEMATICS;

EID: 0031202681     PISSN: 10408398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408399709527785     Document Type: Article

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