Variability in growth/no growth boundaries of 188 different Escherichia coli strains reveals that approximately 75 % have a higher growth probability under low pH conditions than E.coli O157: H7 strain ATCC 43888

Food Microbiology

Volumn 45, Issue PB, 2015, Pages 222-230

  Haberbeck, L U ^a   Oliveira, R C ^a   Vivijs, B ^a   Wenseleers, T ^a   Aertsen, A ^a   Michiels, C ^a   Geeraerd, A H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Generalized linear mixed model; Growth no growth boundary; Logistic regression; Strains variability

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LURIA;

BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PH; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEMPERATURE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84921351079     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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