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Prediction of bacterial growth in practice.

Author(s) : LEBERT I., LEBERT A.

Summary

The contamination of meat occurs before and during the slaughter and continually increases if adequate conditions of storage and distribution are not employed. Thus it is interesting to know how the growth responses of the micro-organisms change when environmental conditions during the processes are modified. The concept of predictive microbiology was developed in 1983 by Roberts and Jarvis in order to find an answer to these problems. Predictive microbiology involves the studying of the growth of micro-organisms using experimental designs to produce data. This data is characterized by microbial kinetic parameters. A mathematical model links these parameters to experimental conditions of growth and then it can predict the growth responses of the micro-organism of concern by interpolation. The study presented concerns the prediction of the growth of Listeria monocytogenes on the surface of meat.

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  • Original title: Prediction of bacterial growth in practice.
  • Record ID : 1997-2245
  • Languages: English
  • Source: New Developments in Meat Refrigeration.
  • Publication date: 1996/10
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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