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. 2017 Mar 2;83(6):e02765-16. doi: 10.1128/AEM.02765-16

TABLE 1.

Inactivation parameters of the primary molecular and traditional models

Parameter Value(s)a
0°C
4°C
10°C
R2 Initial value (log10 CFU/g) Final value (log10 CFU/g) Lag time (day) Inactivation rate (log10 CFU/day) R2 Initial value (log10 CFU/g) Final value (log10 CFU/g) Lag time (day) Inactivation rate (log10 CFU/day) R2 Initial value (log10 CFU/g) Final value (log10 CFU/g) Lag time (day) Inactivation rate (log10 CFU/day)
Primary MMs 0.881 5.428 ± 0.0477A 4.935 ± 0.0177A 0A −0.134 ± 0.0263A 0.891 5.114 ± 0.0335A 4.752 ± 0.0125A 0A −0.0886 ± 0.0184A 0.806 5.261 ± 0.0345A 5.023 ± 0.0205A 0A −0.073 ± 0.0168A
Primary TMs 0.943 5.601 ± 0.167A 3.492 ± 0.0955B 1.931 ± 0.528B −0.245 ± 0.05B 0.931 5.293 ± 0.138A 3.714 ± 0.0718B 1.605 ± 0.559B −0.152 ± 0.0434B 0.902 5.463 ± 0.0467A 4.569 ± 0.0783B 0A −0.121 ± 0.0635B
a

Different uppercase superscript roman letters indicate that a significant difference (P < 0.05) exists between the values determined for the parameters from the primary MMs and TMs.