FIG. 1.

Effect of the previous and current environments on the amount of work to be done during the lag phase. h₀ depended on the magnitude of the sudden change in the a_w or temperature and also on the final temperature and a_w values. (A) Effect of an increase in the level of NaCl on h₀ at 6°C (○), 10°C (□), 15°C (▵), 28(⋄), and 37°C (×). The final level of NaCl was 10%. (B) Effect of a decrease in temperature on h₀ with 10% (○), 6% (□), 3% (▵), and 0.5% (×) NaCl. The final temperature was 6°C.