title: Graphing the death of Escherichia coli.
abstract: The graphical presentation of measurements of the progress over time of bacterial death or inactivation is discussed. Specifically, the Weibull distribution may be a useful generalisation of the exponential distribution. Data from experiments on the non-thermal death of Escherichia coli reported by Shadbolt et al. [Int. J. Food Microbiol. 49 (1999) 129] are reexamined to support this claim.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney, NSW, Australia. phutchin@bunyip.bhs.mq.edu.au
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Hutchinson
mesh_terms: D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development*; D015233:Models, Statistical; D016008:Statistical Distributions; D013997:Time Factors