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A probabilistic analysis of Clostridium perfringens growth during food service operations.

scientific article published in March 2002

A process risk model for the shelf life of Atlantic salmon fillets

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A risk microbiological profile of the Australian red meat industry: risk ratings of hazard-product pairings.

scientific article published on 11 August 2005

A semi-quantitative seafood safety risk assessment

scientific article published in July 2002

A simple, spreadsheet-based, food safety risk assessment tool

scientific article published in July 2002

A survey of Australian oysters for the presence of human noroviruses

scientific article published on 26 June 2014

Acid and NaCl limits to growth of Listeria monocytogenes and influence of sequence of inimical acid and NaCl levels on inactivation kinetics.

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Acid habituation of Escherichia coli and the potential role of cyclopropane fatty acids in low pH tolerance.

scientific article published in July 1997

Applicability of a model for non-pathogenic Escherichia coli for predicting the growth of pathogenic Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 01 August 1998

Bacterial attachment to immobilized extracellular matrix proteins in vitro

scientific article published on May 14, 2012

Characterisation of the transcriptomes of genetically diverse Listeria monocytogenes exposed to hyperosmotic and low temperature conditions reveal global stress-adaptation mechanisms.

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Combined effect of chilling and desiccation on survival of Escherichia coli suggests a transient loss of culturability.

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Contemporary formulation and distribution practices for cold-filled acid products: Australian industry survey and modeling of published pathogen inactivation data.

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Culture-dependent and culture-independent assessment of spoilage community growth on VP lamb meat from packaging to past end of shelf-life

scientific article published on 24 June 2017

Cultured C2C12 cell lines as a model for assessment of bacterial attachment to bovine primary muscle cells

scientific article published on February 14, 2013

Cyclopropane fatty acids improve Escherichia coli survival in acidified minimal media by reducing membrane permeability to H+ and enhanced ability to extrude H+.

scientific article published on 9 May 2008

Development and evaluation of a predictive model for the effect of temperature and water activity on the growth rate of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

scientific article published in September 1997

Development of a high pressure processing inactivation model for hepatitis A virus

scientific article published in July 2009

Development of a predictive model to describe the effects of temperature and water activity on the growth of spoilage pseudomonads.

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Ecophysiology of food-borne pathogens: Essential knowledge to improve food safety.

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Effect of pH, salt and chemical rinses on bacterial attachment to extracellular matrix proteins

scientific article published on January 30, 2013

Effect of potassium lactate and a potassium lactate-sodium diacetate blend on Listeria monocytogenes growth in modified atmosphere packaged sliced ham.

scientific article published in October 2007

Effect of suspension media on nonthermal inactivation of Escherichia coli.

scientific article published in November 2006

Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica are protected against acetic acid, but not hydrochloric acid, by hypertonicity

scientific article published on 03 April 2009

Evaluation of thermal inactivation of Escherichia coli using microelectrode ion flux measurements with osmotic stress.

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Final optical density and growth rate; effects of temperature and NaCl differ from acidity

scientific article published on 01 September 1998

Global genome response of Escherichia coli O157∶H7 Sakai during dynamic changes in growth kinetics induced by an abrupt downshift in water activity.

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Global genome response of Escherichia coli O157∶H7 Sakai during dynamic changes in growth kinetics induced by an abrupt temperature downshift.

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Growth limits of Listeria monocytogenes as a function of temperature, pH, NaCl, and lactic acid

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Guidelines for experimental design protocol and validation procedure for the measurement of heat resistance of microorganisms in milk.

scientific article published on 8 October 2014

Inactivation Kinetics of Vibrio parahaemolyticus on Sand Shrimp (Metapenaeus ensis) by Cinnamaldehyde at 4°C

Information systems in food safety management.

scientific article published on 28 August 2006

Innovative processes and technologies for modified atmosphere packaging of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables.

scientific article published on 11 September 2017

Integrated transcriptomic and proteomic analysis of the physiological response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai to steady-state conditions of cold and water activity stress

scientific article published on 18 October 2011

Investigation of the Listeria monocytogenes Scott A acid tolerance response and associated physiological and phenotypic features via whole proteome analysis.

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Ion transport and osmotic adjustment in Escherichia coli in response to ionic and non-ionic osmotica.

scientific article published on 12 September 2008

Measurements of net fluxes and extracellular changes of H+, Ca2+, K+, and NH4+ in Escherichia coli using ion-selective microelectrodes

scientific article published in August 2001

Microorganisms in Foods 7

Modeling microbial growth within food safety risk assessments

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Modelling the combined temperature and salt (NaCl) limits for growth of a pathogenic Escherichia coli strain using nonlinear logistic regression

scientific article published in November 2000

Modelling the effects of temperature, water activity, pH and lactic acid concentration on the growth rate of Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 01 January 2003

Modelling the growth limits (growth/no growth interface) of Escherichia coli as a function of temperature, pH, lactic acid concentration, and water activity.

scientific article published on May 1998

Molecular analysis of the bacterial communities in the live Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) and the influence of postharvest temperature on its structure.

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MudPIT analysis of alkaline tolerance by Listeria monocytogenes strains recovered as persistent food factory contaminants.

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

MudPIT profiling reveals a link between anaerobic metabolism and the alkaline adaptive response of Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e.

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Nonthermal death of Escherichia coli

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Performance evaluation of a model describing the effects of temperature, water activity, pH and lactic acid concentration on the growth of Escherichia coli.

scientific article published in January 2003

Physicochemical parameters for growth of the sea ice bacteria Glaciecola punicea ACAM 611(T) and Gelidibacter sp. strain IC158.

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Physiological Response of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Sakai to Dynamic Changes in Temperature and Water Activity as Experienced during Carcass Chilling

scientific article published on 11 September 2016

Physiological aspects of Listeria monocytogenes during inactivation accelerated by mild temperatures and otherwise non-growth permissive acidic and hyperosmotic conditions.

scientific article published on 24 May 2010

Predicting growth rates and growth boundary of Listeria monocytogenes - An international validation study with focus on processed and ready-to-eat meat and seafood.

scientific article published on June 2010

Predictive microbiology: providing a knowledge-based framework for change management

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Predictive microbiology: towards the interface and beyond

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Predictive modelling of the growth and survival of Listeria in fishery products

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Predictive models for the effect of storage temperature on Vibrio parahaemolyticus viability and counts of total viable bacteria in Pacific oysters (Crassostrea gigas).

scientific article published on 14 October 2011

Preliminary stochastic model for managing Vibrio parahaemolyticus and total viable bacterial counts in a Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) supply chain

scientific article published on 01 July 2013

Protein thermodynamics can be predicted directly from biological growth rates

scientific article (publication date: 2014)

Quantification of the relative effects of temperature, pH, and water activity on inactivation of Escherichia coli in fermented meat by meta-analysis.

scientific article published on 18 September 2009

Quantifying the hurdle concept by modelling the bacterial growth/no growth interface

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Quantitative Microbiology: A Basis for Food Safety

scientific article published on October 1, 1997

Quantitative risk assessment of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meats in Australia.

scientific article published on 13 February 2009

Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to acid stress and glucose availability monitored by measurements of intracellular pH and viable counts.

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Responses of Listeria monocytogenes to acid stress and glucose availability revealed by a novel combination of fluorescence microscopy and microelectrode ion-selective techniques

scientific article published on April 2002

Salt, alone or in combination with sucrose, can improve the survival of Escherichia coli O157 (SERL 2) in model acidic sauces

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Shelf life prediction: status and future possibilities

scientific article published on November 1996

Some comments on Huang, L. (2010). Growth kinetics of Escherichia coli O157: H7 in mechanically-tenderized beef. International Journal of Food Microbiology, 140: 40-48.

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Temperature governs the inactivation rate of vegetative bacteria under growth-preventing conditions

scientific article published on 25 July 2008

The Biokinetic Spectrum for Temperature.

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The effect of abrupt osmotic shifts on the lag phase duration of foodborne bacteria

scientific article published on 01 June 2003

The effect of abrupt osmotic shifts on the lag phase duration of physiologically distinct populations of Salmonella typhimurium

scientific article published in April 2004

The effect of abrupt shifts in temperature on the lag phase duration of Escherichia coli and Klebsiella oxytoca.

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The future of predictive microbiology: strategic research, innovative applications and great expectations.

scientific article published on 03 July 2008

The influence of non-lethal temperature on the rate of inactivation of vegetative bacteria in inimical environments may be independent of bacterial species

scientific article published on 24 December 2009

Thermal inactivation of Salmonella spp. in pork burger patties

scientific article published on 28 November 2015

Transcriptomic and phenotypic responses of Listeria monocytogenes strains possessing different growth efficiencies under acidic conditions

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Universality of thermodynamic constants governing biological growth rates.

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Utility of gel-free, label-free shotgun proteomics approaches to investigate microorganisms.

scientific article published on 25 February 2011

Validating and comparing predictive models

scientific article published in June 1999

Validation of a model describing the effects of temperature and water activity on the growth of psychrotrophic pseudomonads.

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Variation of branched-chain fatty acids marks the normal physiological range for growth in Listeria monocytogenes.

scientific article published on June 2002

Viable count estimates of lag time responses for Salmonella typhimurium M48 subjected to abrupt osmotic shifts.

scientific article published on 16 August 2005