Evaluation of a stochastic inactivation model for heat-activated spores of bacillus spp

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 4402-4412

  Corradini, Maria G ^a   Normand, Mark D ^b   Eisenberg, Murray ^b   Peleg, Micha ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD ARGENTINA DE LA EMPRESA   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS SPP; BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; CURRENT MODELS; DETERMINISTIC MODELS; DISCRETE FORM; DYNAMIC HEAT; EXPERIMENTAL CURVES; FOOD POISONING; INACTIVATION KINETICS; INACTIVATION MODELS; SEMI-CONTINUOUS; SMALL GROUPS; SURVIVAL CURVES;

BACTERIOLOGY; SPOILAGE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

ALGORITHM; BACTERIUM; BIOCHEMISTRY; DORMANCY; FOOD POISONING; HEATING; NUMERICAL MODEL; PROBABILITY; SPORE; STOCHASTICITY; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEAT; KINETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICS;

BACILLUS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOOD PRESERVATION; HOT TEMPERATURE; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL; STOCHASTIC PROCESSES;

EID: 77954267327     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02976-09     Document Type: Article

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