Distribution of turbidity detection times produced by single cell-generated bacterial populations

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 821-827

  Métris, Aline ^a   George, Susan M ^a   Peck, Michael W ^a   Baranyi, József ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lag time; Single cell; Turbidity; Variability

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TURBIDIMETRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA; LISTERIA INNOCUA;

EID: 0242352459     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2003.08.006     Document Type: Conference Paper

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