BASIC FOOD MICROBIOLOGY

By C. ALZII

CONTENTS BASIC CONCEPTS FOR PREDICTIVE MICROBIOLOGY METHODS OF INOCULATION AND QUANTI?CATION FOR COLLECTING DATA ON MICROBIAL RESPONSES IN FOODS 3 THE IN?UENCE OF FOOD MATRICES ON MICROBIAL GROWTH 4 PRIMARY PREDICTIVE MODELS OF MICROBIAL GROWTH 6 A PROTOCOL FOR PREDICTIVE MODELING OF MICROBIAL INACTIVATION BASED ON EXPERIMENTAL DATA 7 GROWTH/NO-GROWTH MICROBIAL MODELS IN FOOD SCIENCE 1 2 INDIVIDUAL CELL-BASED MODELING FOR MICROBIAL GROWTH AND INACTIVATION USING TIME-LAPSE MICROSCOPY 1 3 DYNAMIC MODELS FOR PREDICTIVE MICROBIOLOGY 1 4 MATHEMATICAL SIMULATION OF THE BIO-PROTECTIVE EFFECT OF LACTIC ACID BACTERIA ON FOODBORNE PATHOGENS 1 6 ACCEPTABLE PREDICTION ZONES METHOD FOR THE VALIDATION OF PREDICTIVE MODELS FOR FOODBORNE PATHOGENS 1 8 PREDICTIVE MODELING FOR SPOILAGE MICROORGANISMS 2 0 QUANTITATIVE PCR TECHNIQUE FOR PREDICTIVE MODELS 2 1