Modelling the effect of temperature and water activity on growth of Aspergillus niger strains and applications for food spoilage moulds

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 429-438

  Parra, R ^a   Magan, N ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Growth rate; Predictive model; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; FOOD PRESERVATION; FORECASTING; GROWTH RATE; MOLDS;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COMBINED EFFECT; COMBINED MODELING; EFFECT OF WATER; EFFECTS OF TEMPERATURE; FOOD SPOILAGE; NIGER; PREDICTIVE MODELS; RADIAL-GROWTH; WATER ACTIVITY;

SPOILAGE;

WATER;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; COLONY FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOOD SPOILAGE; FUNGUS GROWTH; GROWTH RATE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MOULD; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SPECIES COMPARISON; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; WATER ANALYSIS;

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI;

EID: 3242885513     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02320.x     Document Type: Article

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