Environmental factors influencing the relationship between optical density and cell count for Listeria monocytogenes

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1503-1515

  Francois, K ^a   Devlieghere, Frank ^a   Standaert, A R ^b   Geeraerd, A H ^b   Cools, I ^a   Van Impe, J F ^b   Debevere, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Calibration curve; Constrained models; Listeria monocytogenes; Optical density; Polynomial models; Predictive modelling; Relationship between OD and plate count

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CELLS; DENSITY (OPTICAL); DENSITY MEASUREMENT (OPTICAL); DISEASES; LISTERIA; POLYNOMIALS;

CALIBRATION CURVES; CELL COUNT; CONSTRAINED MODELS; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; POLYNOMIAL MODELS; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OPTICAL DENSITY AND PLATE COUNT; STRESS LEVELS;

CYTOLOGY;

WATER;

BACTERIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; OPTICAL PROPERTY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CALIBRATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PH; PLATE COUNT; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS; TEMPERATURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES;

EID: 28444454958     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2005.02727.x     Document Type: Article

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