Research Article

Modeling the Combined Effects of Temperature, pH, and Sodium Chloride and Sodium Lactate Concentrations on the Growth Rate of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014

Figure 1

Response surfaces for the growth rate (μ, h−1) of L. plantarum, as a function of temperature and pH (a), temperature and NaCl (b), and temperature and Na-lactate (c) (temperature and salts are given in °C and %, resp.).
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