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D value ( D) ( )
(bacterial spore) 1 log cycle 90%

(blanching) (pasteurization) (commercial sterilization)
(dehydration) (food irradiation) (cleaning)

D value
D value Thermal
Death Time test (TDT test) (bacterial spore)
( cfu) (food
model)
(TDT tube) (TDT can) retort pouch
(water bath) 100
(oil bath) retort

 log scale survival curve D value (1/slope)

 D value D60C D
60oC

D value
D = t / log (N0 / N)

No
N

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D value

(bacteiral spore) D (vegetative cell)

(thermophillic bacteria) D mesophilic bacteria psychrophilic
bacteria

2 pH , water activity ,

D250 > 1.0

Bacillus sterothermophilus
Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum

D250 > 0.1

Clostridium botulinum

D250 > 0.01

Bacillus coagulans

D250 < 0.01

250 o F (121.1o C)

Reference
Gabriel, A. A., & Azanza, M. P. V. (2004). Heat resistance of Acanthamoeba sp cysts in
green mussel broth and phosphate-buffered saline. Food Science and Technology Research,
10(3), 320-323.