Alternative approaches to predicting microbial behaviour: A probabilistic modelling approach for microbial inactivation and a revised web-tool, the Microbial Responses Viewer.

摘要

An alternative predictive model for microbial inactivation and a novel web-based tool for the application of predictive microbiology are reviewed in this paper. The developed model, based on probabilistic concepts, enabled the identification of minimum processing conditions necessary to obtain a required log reduction, regardless of the underlying inactivation kinetics. The model also provides the probability distribution of the inactivation effect. The revised web-tool, the MRV (Microbial Responses Viewer), provides information concerning growtho growth boundary conditions and the specific growth rates of queried microorganisms. The MRV enables users to retrieve microbial growtho growth information intuitively. Using the MRV, food processors can easily identify appropriate food design and processing conditions. All rights reserved, Elsevier.