This RanaEtAl_2021_Foods_readme.txt file was generated on 2021-09-08 by Yadwinder Singh Rana

1. Title of Dataset: Data from: Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during moderate temperature dehydration of plant-based foods.


2. Author Information: Yadwinder Singh Rana1, Philip M. Eberly2, Quincy J. Suehr3, Ian M. Hildebrandt3, Bradley P. Marks3, Abigail B. Snyder1*

1 Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
2 Department of Food Science, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
3 Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

3. Date of data collection: August 2018-August 2019

4. Location of data collection: Department of Food Science, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Location of data analysis: Department of Food Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, and Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI.

SHARING/ACCESS INFORMATION

1. Licenses/restrictions placed on the data: CC0 1.0 Universal

2. Links to publications that cite or use the data:
Rana, Y.S.; Eberly, P.M.; Suehr, Q.J.; Hildebrandt, I.M.; Marks, B.P.; Snyder, A.B. Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during Moderate Temperature Dehydration of Plant-Based Foods. Foods 2021, 10, 2162. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods10092162 

3. Recommended citation for this dataset: 
Yadwinder Singh Rana, Philip M. Eberly, Quincy J. Suehr, Ian M. Hildebrandt, Bradley P. Marks, and Abigail B. Snyder. (2021) Data from: Survival of Escherichia coli O157:H7 during moderate temperature dehydration of plant-based foods. [Dataset] Cornell University eCommons Repository. https://doi.org/10.7298/tn9b-gr76

DATA & FILE OVERVIEW

1. File List: 
Rana2021_Inoculated_pack_microbial_data.csv - Inactivation results of E. coli O157:H7 during inoculated pack treatments.
Rana2021_Isothermal_Microbial_data.csv - Inactivation results of E. coli O157:H7 during isothermal treatments.

METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION

Methods:
      Data collection: Please review the publication
      Data processing: Please review publication

Units of measurement
      Time: Hours (h), Minutes (Min)
      Survivors: Log10CFU/mL
      Temperature: ¡F

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Rana2021_Inoculated_pack_microbial_data.csv
	Inactivation results of E. coli O157:H7 during inoculated pack treatments.
1. Number of variables: 5

2. Number of cases/rows: 270

3. Variable List: 
Position: Tray position in inoculated pack studies
Time_Hours: Treatment time in hours
Replication: Biological test replicates (Triplicate)
Food: Food sample tested
Log10_CFU_mL: Log10 survivors in CFU/mL

DATA-SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR: Rana2021_Isothermal_Microbial_data.csv
	Inactivation results of E. coli O157:H7 during isothermal treatments.
1. Number of variables: 6

2. Number of cases/rows: 570

3. Variable List: 
Time_Min: Treatment time in minutes
Aw: Water activity (aw)
Temperature: Treatment temperature ¡F
Replication: Biological test replicates (Triplicate)
Food: Food sample tested
Log10_CFU_mL: Log10 survivors in CFU/mL