Inactivation kinetics of Bacillus spores in batch- and continuous-heating systems

LWT

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 81-86

  Dogan, Zeynep ^a   Weidendorfer, Konrad ^a   Müller Merbach, Mareile ^a   Lembke, Fritz ^b   Hinrichs, Jörg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Tetra Pak GmbH & Co KG Germany   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacillus flexus; Batch heating system; Continuous heating system; Geobacillus stearothermophilus; Heat resistance

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; BACTERIOLOGY; HEATING; HEATING EQUIPMENT; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

BACILLUS FLEXUS; BATCH-HEATING SYSTEM; CONTINUOUS HEATING; CONTINUOUS-HEATING SYSTEM; D VALUES; GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; HEATING SYSTEM; STEAROTHERMOPHILUS; Z VALUE;

HEAT RESISTANCE;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS FLEXUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GEOBACILLUS STEAROTHERMOPHILUS;

EID: 52949148559     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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