Effect of inoculum size on the combined temperature, pH and a w limits for growth of Listeria monocytogenes

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 83-91

  Koutsoumanis, Konstantinos P ^a,b   Sofos, John N ^a  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Growth no growth interface; Inoculum size; Listeria monocytogenes; Modelling

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ENVIRONMENT; INOCULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; PH; TEMPERATURE; TURBIDITY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 23944474776     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2005.01.010     Document Type: Article

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