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

2003 ◽  
Vol 82 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
L.A. Mellefont ◽  
T.A. McMeekin ◽  
T. Ross
1998 ◽  
Vol 64 (5) ◽  
pp. 1773-1779 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. A. Presser ◽  
T. Ross ◽  
D. A. Ratkowsky

ABSTRACT The form of a previously developed Bělehr�dek type of growth rate model was used to develop a probability model for defining the growth/no growth interface as a function of temperature (10 to 37�C), pH (pH 2.8 to 6.9), lactic acid concentration (0 to 500 mM), and water activity (0.955 to 0.999; NaCl was used as the humectant).Escherichia coli was unable to grow in broth in which the undissociated lactic acid concentration exceeded 11 mM or, with two exceptions, at a pH of 3.9 or less with no lactic acid present. Under experimental conditions at which the pH and the undissociated acid concentrations were the major growth-limiting factors, the growth/no growth interface was essentially independent of temperature at temperatures ranging from 15 to 37�C. The interface between conditions that allowed growth and conditions at which growth did not occur was abrupt. The inhibitory effect of combinations of water activity and pH varied with temperature. Predictions of the model for the growth/no growth interface were consistent with 95% of the experimental data set.


1958 ◽  
Vol 192 (3) ◽  
pp. 577-580 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donald D. Van Fossan ◽  
Robert T. Clark

Simulated altitude exposure elevates the postmortem brain lactic acid concentration up to 98 mg/100 gm above controls depending on species used, duration, and intensity of exposure. The sharp difference in post-mortem brain lactic acid concentration between altitude exposed animals and controls remains demonstrable for the longest postmortem intervals studied (20 hr. in the dog, 30 hr. in the rabbit, and 6 hr. in the rat). Upon recovery from altitude exposure the brain lactic acid and/or precursors return toward pre-exposure levels in accordance with first order reaction kinetics during the first few minutes. The velocity constant is .32 and the half-life is 2.2 minutes. Elevated post-mortem brain lactic acid concentration is a constant finding in animals which were hypoxic at the time of death and appears to be a suitable criterion for establishing ante-mortem altitude exposure or other physiologically similar oxygen deficiency situations.


2016 ◽  
Vol 54 ◽  
pp. 202-213 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen Gonzalez ◽  
Sihem Tebbani ◽  
Filipa Lopes ◽  
Aurore Thorigné ◽  
Sébastien Givry ◽  
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