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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3925-3932, Vol. 70, No. 7
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.3925-3932.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Analysis and Validation of a Predictive Model for Growth and Death of Aeromonas hydrophila under Modified Atmospheres at Refrigeration Temperatures

Carmen Pin,1* Raquel Velasco de Diego,2 Susan George,1 Gonzalo D. García de Fernando,2 and József Baranyi1

Institute of Food Research, Norwich NR4 7UA, United Kingdom,1 Departamento de Higiene y Tecnología de los Alimentos (Nutrición y Bromatología III), Facultad de Veterinaria, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid 28040, Spain2

Received 29 October 2003/ Accepted 1 April 2004

Specific growth and death rates of Aeromonas hydrophila were measured in laboratory media under various combinations of temperature, pH, and percent CO2 and O2 in the atmosphere. Predictive models were developed from the data and validated by means of observations obtained from (i) seafood experiments set up for this purpose and (ii) the ComBase database (http://www.combase.cc; http://wyndmoor.arserrc.gov/combase/).Two main reasons were identified for the differences between the predicted and observed growth in food: they were the variability of the growth rates in food and the bias of the model predictions when applied to food environments. A statistical method is presented to quantitatively analyze these differences. The method was also used to extend the interpolation region of the model. In this extension, the concept of generalized Z values (C. Pin, G. García de Fernando, J. A. Ordóñez, and J. Baranyi, Food Microbiol. 18:539-545, 2001) played an important role. The extension depended partly on the density of the model-generating observations and partly on the accuracy of extrapolated predictions close to the boundary of the interpolation region. The boundary of the growth region of the organism was also estimated by means of experimental results for growth and death rates.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UA, United Kingdom. Phone: 44 1603 255021. Fax: 44 1603 255288. E-mail: carmen.pin{at}bbsrc.ac.uk.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, July 2004, p. 3925-3932, Vol. 70, No. 7
0099-2240/04/$08.00+0     DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.7.3925-3932.2004
Copyright © 2004, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.





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