Database on Microbial Thermal Death: Its Construction Design Based on Data from Published Papers and from Experiments Performed under Defined Conditions

Abstract

To build a database on the thermal death of microorganisms, we designed a formulated card system consisting of more than 60 items. Those items are displayed on a card on the monitor screen of a personal computer and most of the corresponding parameters for each item are selectable by clicking. Data from research papers published so far and from experiments performed under defined environmental, microbiological, and operational conditions have been collected for the database.