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70
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18130
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1933
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65

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Tom A. McMeekin is affiliated with the University of Tasmania in Australia. The profile does not include specific details about their recent papers, co-authors, publication venues, or book publications.

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Best Publications

  • Relationship between temperature and growth rate of bacterial cultures.

    D A Ratkowsky;J Olley;T A McMeekin;A Ball

  • Model for bacterial culture growth rate throughout the entire biokinetic temperature range.

    D A Ratkowsky;R K Lowry;T A McMeekin;A N Stokes

  • Predictive Microbiology : Theory and Application

    TA McMeekin;J Olley;T Ross

  • Diversity and association of psychrophilic bacteria in Antarctic sea ice.

    John P. Bowman;Sharee A. Mccammon;Mark V. Brown;David S. Nichols

  • Evaluation of extraction methods for recovery of fatty acids from lipid-producing microheterotrophs

    Tom Lewis;Peter D Nichols;Tom A McMeekin

  • Estimation of bacterial growth rates from turbidimetric and viable count data

    Paw Dalgaard;Thomas Ross;Laura Kamperman;Karina Neumeyer

  • Acid habituation of Escherichia coli and the potential role of cyclopropane fatty acids in low pH tolerance

    Janelle L Brown;Thomas Ross;Thomas A McMeekin;Peter D Nichols;Peter D Nichols

  • Predictive microbiology: towards the interface and beyond.

    T.A. McMeekin;J. Olley;D.A. Ratkowsky;T. Ross

  • Growth limits of Listeria monocytogenes as a function of temperature, pH, NaCl, and lactic acid.

    S. Tienungoon;D. A. Ratkowsky;T. A. McMeekin;T. Ross

  • The Biotechnological Potential of Thraustochytrids.

    Tom E. Lewis;Peter D. Nichols;Thomas A. McMeekin

  • Information systems in food safety management.

    T.A. McMeekin;J. Baranyi;J. Bowman;Paw Dalgaard

  • Model for combined effect of temperature and salt concentration/water activity on the growth rate of Staphylococcus xylosus.

    T. A. McMeekin;R. E. Chandler;P. E. Doe;C. D. Garland

  • Shewanella gelidimarina sp. nov. and Shewanella frigidimarina sp. nov., novel Antarctic species with the ability to produce eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5 omega 3) and grow anaerobically by dissimilatory Fe(III) reduction.

    John P. Bowman;Sharee A. McCammon;David S. Nichols;Jenny H. Skerratt

  • Halobacterium lacusprofundi sp. nov., a Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from Deep Lake, Antarctica

    P.D. Franzmann;E. Stackebrandt;K. Sanderson;J.K. Volkman

  • Predictive microbiology: providing a knowledge-based framework for change management.

    T.A McMeekin;T Ross

  • Diversity and community structure within anoxic sediment from marine salinity meromictic lakes and a coastal meromictic marine basin, Vestfold Hills, Eastern Antarctica

    John P. Bowman;Suzanne M. Rea;Sharee A. McCammon;Tom A. McMeekin

  • Psychroserpens burtonensis gen. nov., sp. nov., and Gelidibacter algens gen. nov., sp. nov., psychrophilic bacteria isolated from antarctic lacustrine and sea ice habitats.

    John P. Bowman;Sharee A. McCammon;Janelle L. Brown;Peter D. Nichols

  • Effect of solar radiation and predacious microorganisms on survival of fecal and other bacteria.

    J McCambridge;T A McMeekin

  • Effect of relative inoculum concentration on Listeria monocytogenes growth in co-culture.

    L.A. Mellefont;T.A. McMeekin;T. Ross

  • Attachment of different Salmonella serovars to materials commonly used in a poultry processing plant.

    T.W.R. Chia;R.M. Goulter;T. McMeekin;G.A. Dykes

  • Developments with Antarctic microorganisms: culture collections, bioactivity screening, taxonomy, PUFA production and cold-adapted enzymes

    David Nichols;John Bowman;John Bowman;Kevin Sanderson;Kevin Sanderson;Carol Mancuso Nichols;Carol Mancuso Nichols

  • Information systems in food safety management

    T.A. McMeekin;J. Baranyi;P. Dalgaard;M. Kirk

Frequent Co-Authors

Tom Ross
Tom Ross University of Tasmania
Peter D. Nichols
Peter D. Nichols Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
John P. Bowman
John P. Bowman University of Tasmania
Lana Shabala
Lana Shabala University of Tasmania
Sergey Shabala
Sergey Shabala University of Western Australia
Harry R. Burton
Harry R. Burton Australian Antarctic Division
Mark L. Tamplin
Mark L. Tamplin University of Tasmania
Paw Dalgaard
Paw Dalgaard Technical University of Denmark
Gary A. Dykes
Gary A. Dykes Curtin University
Mogens Jakobsen
Mogens Jakobsen Technical University of Denmark

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