Modelling Growth and Decline in a Two-Species Model System: Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Psychrotrophic Spoilage Bacteria in Milk
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Bacterial Cultures and Inoculation
2.2. Co-Cultures and Enumeration
2.3. Bayesian Modeling of Microbial Interactions
3. Results
3.1. Bayesian Modelling of Microbial Interactions
3.2. Estimation of the Nmax and the ttr
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Quinto, E.J.; Marín, J.M.; Caro, I.; Mateo, J.; Schaffner, D.W. Modelling Growth and Decline in a Two-Species Model System: Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Psychrotrophic Spoilage Bacteria in Milk. Foods 2020, 9, 331. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9030331
Quinto EJ, Marín JM, Caro I, Mateo J, Schaffner DW. Modelling Growth and Decline in a Two-Species Model System: Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Psychrotrophic Spoilage Bacteria in Milk. Foods. 2020; 9(3):331. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9030331
Chicago/Turabian StyleQuinto, Emiliano J., Juan M. Marín, Irma Caro, Javier Mateo, and Donald W. Schaffner. 2020. "Modelling Growth and Decline in a Two-Species Model System: Pathogenic Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Psychrotrophic Spoilage Bacteria in Milk" Foods 9, no. 3: 331. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods9030331