Estimation of microbial growth using population measurements subject to a detection limit

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 369-375

  Shorten, P R ^a   Pleasants, A B ^a   Soboleva, T K ^a  

^a RUAKURA RESEARCH CENTRE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Growth; Maximum likelihood; Mean; Variance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION SIZE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELF LIFE;

BACTERIA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; KINETICS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645931663     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2005.11.024     Document Type: Article

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