Factors influencing the accuracy of the plating method used to enumerate low numbers of viable micro-organisms in food

International Journal of Food Microbiology

Volumn 143, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 32-40

  Jongenburger, I ^a   Reij, M W ^a   Boer, E P J ^a   Gorris, L G M ^a,b   Zwietering, M H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colony counts; Duplicate plating; Heterogeneity; Measurement uncertainty; Plate counts; Poisson; Powdered food

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CRONOBACTER SAKAZAKII; MICROORGANISM; PLATE COUNT; PLATING MEDIUM;

ANIMALS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTER SAKAZAKII; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MILK; MONTE CARLO METHOD; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POWDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 77956183764     PISSN: 01681605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2010.07.025     Document Type: Article

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