A novel method for high-throughput data collection in predictive microbiology: Optical density monitoring of colony growth as a function of time

Food Microbiology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-201

  Mertens, Laurence ^a,b   Van Derlinden, Eva ^a,b   Van Impe, Jan F ^a,b  

^a CPMF Flemish Cluster Predictive Microbiology in Foods   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Food structure; Image analysis; Microbial colonies; Optical density; Solid food systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVALUATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DATA COLLECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KINETICS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84864349158     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2012.04.001     Document Type: Article

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