TABLE 1.

Minimum C(θ) and AIC values for the different survival curves of S. enterica serovar Typhimurium and L. monocytogenes^a

Organism	Culture phase	Repetition	Length of incubation of subculture (min)	n	C(θ)			SL	AIC
					Model 1	Model 2	Model 3		Model 1	Model 2	Model 3
S. enterica serovar	Beginning of exponential	1	100	13	0.119	0.082	0.089	0.92	−14.11	−16.85	−17.93
Typhimurium	Mid-exponential	1	200	16	0.742	0.677	0.751	1.65	6.31	6.84	6.49
	End of exponential	1	300	19	1.796	1.602	1.602	0.00	19.13	18.96	16.96
		2	300	20	1.131	0.984	1.027	0.03	11.33	9.38	7.41
	Deceleration of exponential	1	400	24	1.054	1.069	1.115	1.00	3.12	5.45	4.46
		2	400	22	0.822	0.784	0.784	0.02	2.14	1.09	−0.90
	Early stationary	1	720	38	0.825	0.772	0.874	4.73	−27.67	−28.22	−25.49
		2	720	33	1.246	1.039	1.108	2.11	−2.48	−8.44	−8.33
	Late stationary	1	1,020	31	2.067	1.018	1.122	3.00	14.04	−5.91	−4.91
		2	1,020	34	1.510	1.085	1.085	0.00	2.61	−8.62	−10.62
L. monocytogenes	Beginning of exponential	1	100	11	0.452	0.455	0.460	0.14	6.15	8.22	6.35
	Mid-exponential	1	200	16	1.076	1.045	1.046	0.01	12.25	13.78	11.79
	End of exponential	1	300	33	7.618	0.887	0.887	0.01	55.29	−13.69	−15.69
		2	300	29	0.689	0.549	0.552	6.58	−14.13	−20.70	−22.54
	Deceleration of exponential	1	400	30	1.452	1.196	1.444	5.65	4.31	0.48	4.13
		2	400	48	3.244	2.324	2.326	0.03	18.90	2.89	0.92
	Early stationary	1	720	32	0.560	0.542	0.571	1.72	−28.65	−27.70	−27.99
		2	720	41	1.592	0.361	0.591	20.15	−4.84	−65.63	−47.48
	Late stationary	1	1,020	36	1.069	1.057	1.059	0.04	−14.44	−12.82	−14.78
		2	1,020	46	2.655	0.812	0.935	6.50	9.35	−43.17	−38.67

^aThe S_L values are related to the simplification of model 2 used to obtain model 3; boldface S_L values represent rejection of the simplification. Boldface C(θ) and AIC values are the best C(θ) and AIC values.