Modelling mould growth under suboptimal environmental conditions and inoculum size

Food Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 909-917

  Garcia, Daiana ^a   Ramos, Antonio J ^a   Sanchis, Vicente ^a   Marín, Sonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus carbonarius; Inoculum size; Mould growth; Penicillium expansum; Predictive models; Suboptimal conditions

Indexed keywords

MYCOTOXIN;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FUNGUS SPORE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRODUCT SAFETY;

ASPERGILLUS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; KINETICS; MATHEMATICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MYCOTOXINS; PENICILLIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

ASPERGILLUS CARBONARIUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM;

EID: 77955270046     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.05.015     Document Type: Article

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