Modelling the combined temperature and salt (NaCl) limits for growth of a pathogenic Escherichia coli strain using nonlinear logistic regression

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 159-167

  Salter, M A ^a   Ratkowsky, D A ^a   Ross, T ^a   McMeekin, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Growth limits; Multiple hurdles; Predictive model; STEC; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

HUMECTANT; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE;

CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034332821     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(00)00352-4     Document Type: Article

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