chapter 1 Isothermal Microbial Heat Inactivation -- chapter 2 Nonisothermal Heat Inactivation -- chapter 3 Generating Nonisothermal Heat Inactivation Curves with Difference Equations in Real Time (Incremental Method) -- chapter 4 Estimation of Microbial Survival Parameters from Nonisothermal Inactivation Data -- chapter 5 Isothermal Inactivation with Stable and Dissipating Chemical Agents -- chapter 6 High CO2and Ultrahigh Hydrostatic Pressure Preservation -- chapter 7 Dose–Response Curves -- chapter 8 Isothermal and Nonisothermal Bacterial Growth in a Closed Habitat -- chapter 9 Interpretation of Fluctuating Microbial Count Records in Foods and Water -- chapter 10 Estimating Frequencies of Future Microbial High Counts or Outbursts in Foods and Water — Case Studies -- chapter 11 A Probabilistic Model of Historic Epidemics -- chapter 12 Aperiodic Microbial Outbursts with Variable Duration -- chapter 13 Outstanding Issues and Concluding Remarks.