TABLE 6.

Goodness of fit of the new primary model to curves with shoulders: effect of delay time adjustment (τ)

Reference	Microorganism(s)	Substrate	Pressure (MPa)	Time course (min)	Original model		Delay time model
Patterson et al. (24)	L. monocytogenes strains	PBS, UHT-treated milk, sterile raw poultrya	300	30	0.48	0.67	0.06	0.94
			375	30	0.14	0.52	0.04	0.90
			375	30	1.24	0.73	0.10	0.97
			600	30	0.86	0.79	0.08	0.97
Simpson and Gilmour (35)	L. monocytogenes strains	PBS with glucose, bovine serum albumin, olive oil	300	30	0.37	0.71	0.02	0.98
			350	30	0.65	0.80	0.09	0.95
			375	30	0.24	0.74	0.04	0.96
			375	30	0.12	0.73	0.02	0.90
			375	30	0.30	0.83	0.30	0.97
			375	30	0.14	0.88	0.01	0.99
			375	30	0.47	0.83	0.02	0.86
			375	30	0.61	0.79	0.14	0.90
			375	30	0.31	0.81	0.03	0.86
			375	30	0.25	0.77	0.00	1.00
			375	30	0.61	0.79	0.14	0.90
			375	30	0.52	0.73	0.08	0.99
Masschalk et al. (17)	E. coli M91655 strains	PBS	400	60	0.23	0.89	0.12	0.94
			400	60	0.33	0.53	0.07	0.94
Schreck et al. (34)	E. coli ATCC 10303	Nutrient broth	250	40	0.33	0.86	0.05	0.97
Casadei et al. (3)	E. coli NCTC 8164	PBS	200	20	0.40	0.79	0.19	0.90

^aUHT, ultra-high temperature.