Comparing nonsynergistic gamma models with interaction models to predict growth of emetic Bacillus cereus when using combinations of pH and individual undissociated acids as growth-limiting factors

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 5791-5801

  Biesta Peters, Elisabeth G ^a   Reij, Martine W ^a   Gorris, Leon G M ^a,b   Zwietering, Marcel H ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID CONCENTRATIONS; BEST FIT; BEST MODEL; BRAIN HEART INFUSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA MODELS; GROWTH BOUNDARIES; GROWTH PARAMETERS; GROWTH-LIMITING FACTOR; HURDLE TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTION MODEL; MAXIMUM SPECIFIC GROWTH RATES; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL GROWTH RATE; MULTIPLICATIVE EFFECTS; OPTICAL DENSITIES; PREDICTIVE PERFORMANCE; PROPIONIC; SELECTION CRITERIA; VARIOUS PH;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIOLOGY; FORMIC ACID;

PH EFFECTS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBOXYLIC ACID;

BACTERIUM; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DATA SET; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; PH; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOMASS; CHEMISTRY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECT; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PH; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACILLUS CEREUS; BIOMASS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CULTURE MEDIA; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

BACILLUS CEREUS;

EID: 77956597017     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00355-10     Document Type: Article

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