Comparison of Primary Models to Predict Microbial Growth by the Plate Count and Absorbance Methods

Pla Ferrando Mª Leonor, Oltra Crespo Sandra, Esteban Maria Dolores, Andreu Santiago, Palop Alfredo

2015

BioMed Research International

The selection of a primary model to describe microbial growth in predictive food microbiology often appears to be subjective. The objective of this research was to check the performance of different mathematical models in predicting growth parameters, both by absorbance and plate count methods.