Modelling the effects of temperature, water activity, pH and lactic acid concentration on the growth rate of Escherichia coli

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-43

  Ross, Tom ^a   Ratkowsky, D A ^a   Mellefont, L A ^a   McMeekin, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Growth rate; Lactic acid; PH; Predictive model; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

LACTIC ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISSOCIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH RATE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PH; PUBLISHING; TEMPERATURE; WATER ANALYSIS;

CELL DIVISION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; LACTIC ACID; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0037445734     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-1605(02)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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