Fitting of colony diameter and ergosterol as indicators of food borne mould growth to known growth models in solid medium

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-149

  Marín, Sonia ^a   Cuevas, Dolors ^a   Ramos, Antonio J ^a   Sanchis, Vicente ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food spoilage; Fungi; Growth; Modelling; Sigmoidal

Indexed keywords

ERGOSTEROL;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOOD SPOILAGE; FUNGUS GROWTH; MOULD; NONHUMAN;

BIOMASS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ERGOSTEROL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FUNGI; KINETICS; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

FUNGI;

EID: 37849001090     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.08.030     Document Type: Article

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