The D-value for Salmonella typhimurium at
61\deg C(142\deg F)
is approximately 7 minutes. Suppose you kept your Thanksgiving turkey at this temperature for a little more than an hour, say 70 minutes. How many living Salmonella cells would be left if you started with a population of
1,000,000,000,000
living in and on the turkey? a) all of them; Salmonella survives easily at this temperature. b) 100 C) 1 d)
1,000,000
e) 10,000 f) 1,000 g)
1,000,000,000
h) 10