Modelling the effect of temperature and water activity in the growth boundaries of Aspergillus ochraceus and Aspergillus parasiticus

Food Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 406-417

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF LLEIDA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aspergillus ochraceus; Aspergillus parasiticus; Kinetic model; Probability model; Temperature; Water activity

Indexed keywords

OCHRATOXIN; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; BACTERIAL COUNT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; COFFEE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; KINETICS; MAIZE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PEANUT; PREDICTIVE VALUE; TEMPERATURE;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; COFFEA; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCHRATOXINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER; ZEA MAYS;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA; ASPERGILLUS OCHRACEUS; ASPERGILLUS PARASITICUS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79952008445     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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