Table 1 z values reported from investigations where the experimental conditions laid down in this study were fulfilled.

Enterococcus faecium

3.63–12.82

8.4 ± 2.5

[148, 113, 140, 68, 154, 120]

Enterococcus faecalis

2.24–9.06

6.0 ± 2.5

[59, 148, 113, 140]

Listeria innocua

4.65–6.9

5.8 ± 0.8

[138, 56, 48, 133]

Listeria monocytogenes

4.30–11.45

6.1 ± 1.2

[15, 16, 17, 8, 18, 21, 40, 45, 101, 138, 55, 104, 56, 139, 48, 157, 158, 7, 133, 123, 149, 23, 131, 147, 96]

Listeria ivanovii

6.3–6.6

6.5 ± 0.2

[17]

Listeria seeligeri

6.4–6.9

6.7 ± 0.3

[17]

Listeria welshimeri

6.1–6.9

6.5 ± 0.5

[17]

Escherichia coli

3.4–6.0

5.1 ± 0.8

[143, 39, 119, 29, 10, 175]

Yersinia enterocolitica

4.0–5.78

4.8 ± 0.6

[106, 156, 159, 132]

Salmonella spp. (except Salm. senftenberg 775W)

3.24–9.5

5.5 ± 1.7

[4, 61, 39, 64, 14, 159, 151, 177, 176, 133, 10, 149, 74, 117]

Salm. senftenberg 775W

5.3–6.8

6.0 ± 0.4

[4, 166, 5, 64]

Campylobacter jejuni/coli

2.8–5.81

4.8 ± 0.7

[11, 171, 156, 159]