ABSTRACT

Presenting a novel view of the quantitative modeling of microbial growth and inactivation patterns in food, water, and biosystems, Advanced Quantitative Microbiology for Foods and Biosystems: Models for Predicting Growth and Inactivation describes new models for estimating microbial growth and survival. The author covers traditional and alte

chapter 1|48 pages

Isothermal Microbial Heat Inactivation

chapter 2|46 pages

Nonisothermal Heat Inactivation

chapter 7|16 pages

Dose–Response Curves

chapter 11|12 pages

A Probabilistic Model of Historic Epidemics

chapter 13|20 pages

Outstanding Issues and Concluding Remarks