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14. Further Reading
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fl avus and closely related species. Journal of Food Protection 58:86-90.
Plaza, P., J. Usall, N. Teixido, and I. Vinas. 2003 Eff ect of water
activity and temperature on germination and growth of Penicillium
digitatum, P. italicum and Geoteichum candidum. Journal of Ap-
plied Microbiology 94:549-554.
Quintavalla, S., and G. Parolari. 1993. Eff ects of temperature, water
activity and pH on the growth of Bacillus cells and spore: A response
surface methodology study. International Journal of Food Microbi-
ology 19:207-216.
Rockland, L.B., and G.F. Stewart. 1981. Water activity: Infl uences
on food quality. Academic Press, New York.
Rockland, L.B., and S.K. Nishi. 1980. Infl uence of water activity on
food product quality and stability. Food Tech 34:42-59.
Saad, R.R. 1992. Eff ect of water activity on growth and lipids of
xerophilic fungi, Aspergillus repens and Aspergillus amstelodami.
Zentralblatt Fuer Mikrobiologie 147:61-64.
Salter, M.A., D.A. Ratkowsky, T. Ross, and T.A. McMeekin. 2000.
Modelling the combined temperature and salt (NaCl) limits for
growth of a pathogenic Escherichia coli strain using nonlinear logistic
regression. International Journal of Food Microbiology 61:159-167.
Santos,J., T.M.Lopez-Diaz, M.C.Garcia-Lopez, M.C.Garcia-Fer-
nandez, and A.Otero. 1994. Minimum water activity for the growth
of Aeromonas hydrophila as aff ected by strain, temperature and hu-
mectant. Lett Appl Microbiol 19:76-78.
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