Decisions regarding microbial risk assessment usually have to be carried out with
incomplete information. This is due to the large number of possible scenarios and the lack of …

Aims: In previous studies the microbial kinetics of Escherichia coli K12 have been evaluated
under static and dynamic conditions. An acquired microbial thermotolerance following …

This contribution presents a mathematical model to describe non-isothermal microbial
inactivation processes taking into account the acclimation of the microbial cell to thermal …

Rapid microbiological methods to assess cell physiological properties of microorganisms
are gaining interest in the elucidation of the effect of antimicrobial agents or physical …

Aims: Non‐sigmoid growth curves of Escherichia coli obtained at constant temperatures
near the maximum growth temperature (T max) were previously explained by the …

Quantifying the microbial inactivation during a thermal treatment is a main objective in the
food industry in order to design a microbiologically safe process and to avoid fail-dangerous …

Background The bacterial stressed state upon temperature raise has widely been observed
especially in Escherichia coli cells. The current study extended such physiological …

Aims: When subjected to dynamic temperatures surpassing the expected maximum growth
temperature, Escherichia coli K12 MG1655 shows disturbed growth curves. These irregular …

Microorganisms are able to survive and grow in changing environments by activating stress
adaptation mechanisms which may enhance bacterial robustness. Stress-induced …

Published experimental isobaric inactivation curves of Escherichia coli cells in peptone
solution and raw milk cheese were fitted with the Weibull model (with a fixed shape …