Table 1

Temp (°C)	Non–O157: H7 STECs				O157: H7 STEC^#
	y–axis intercept^*	Slope	R²	D–value (second)	D–value (second)	R²
55	8.016	–0.0014	0.88	712.4	422	0.96
60	8.201	–0.0258	0.97	38.8	55.5	0.97
65	8.646	–0.2794	0.91	3.6	3.3	0.92

^*: The y–axis is log cfu/g and x–axis is time (second) in the x–y plot

Table 1: The D–values calculation for non–O157: H7 Shiga–toxin producing Escherichia coli and comparison with D–values reported by Rajkowski for O157: H7 strains under similar thermal treatment in catfish.