A study on the variability in the growth limits of individual cells and its effect on the behavior of microbial populations

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 116-121

  Koutsoumanis, K ^a  

^a Faculty of Agriculture   (Greece)

Author keywords

Lag; Salmonella; Single cell growth limits; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; INOCULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS;

EID: 54049103169     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2008.07.013     Document Type: Article

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