Growth and Decay of a Planktonic Microbial Culture

Figure 8

Growth and decay trend of Salmonella in broth. The experimental data come from the COMBASE data bank (Com Base ID: B10_1). The fitting curves correspond to equation (11). Log₁₀ (N_max/CFU·mL⁻¹) = 8.12, γ = 589 h², b = 0.06, d = 1.25 10⁵h², and δ = 2. Because of the large time span covered by the data, the variable t is in log₁₀ scale.