um mindestens eine 10er Potenz abtötet

English translation: decreases (the total bioburden/bacterial load) by at least a factor of 10

11:05 Feb 1, 2017
German to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Biology (-tech,-chem,micro-)
German term or phrase: um mindestens eine 10er Potenz abtötet
Im Kontext geht es um Produktionsbetriebe für verzehrfertige Lebensmittel. Das Unternehmen hat umfangreiche Maßnahmen, die die Keimfreiheit etc. gewährleisten sollen.

In einem Absatz geht es um Erhitzung und ähnliches, welches die Keimzahl "um mindestens eine 10er Potenz abtötet".

Die Übersetzung 10er Potenz finde ich nirgends, leider.

Es gab schon mal eine ähnliche KudoZ-Frage, ich weiß aber nicht ob und wie "orders of magnitude" sich einbauen/verwenden lässt.

http://www.proz.com/kudoz/english_to_german/mathematics_stat...

Hilfe wäre deshalb nett.
dkfmmuc
Local time: 01:38
English translation:decreases (the total bioburden/bacterial load) by at least a factor of 10
Explanation:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22026238

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Jakub Rychter, PhD
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2power of ten / order of magnitude
Cilian O'Tuama
4 +2decreases (the total bioburden/bacterial load) by at least a factor of 10
Jakub Rychter, PhD
4survival ratio of 1:10
Erzsébet Czopyk
4which at a minimum kills at a tenfold rate
Marc Svetov
3which decimates
Andrew Bramhall


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
which decimates


Explanation:
the bacteria count;

'decimate' literally means ' to decrease BY a tenth' but in the modern sense it means 'destroy en masse'; could work here:

decimate - definition of decimate in English | Oxford Dictionaries
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/decimate
Historically, the meaning of the word decimate is 'kill one in every ten of (a group of people)'. This sense has been more or less totally superseded by the later, more general sense 'kill, destroy, or remove a large proportion of', as in the virus has decimated the population.



Andrew Bramhall
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: scientific texts should be unambiguous
2 hrs
  -> Agree;
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
survival ratio of 1:10


Explanation:
Thermal Processing - NZIFST
www.nzifst.org.nz › ... › Heat-Transfer Applications
Equivalent Killing Power at Other Temperatures Pasteurization. Thermal processing implies the controlled use of heat to increase, or reduce depending ... The object of sterilization is to destroy all microorganisms, that is, bacteria, yeasts ... times needed to reduce actual spore counts from 1012 (12 in uppercase!) to 1 (the lower, open, circles) ...

In this graph, these times are plotted against the different temperatures and it shows that when the logarithms of these times are plotted against temperatures, the resulting graph is a straight line. The mean times on this graph are called thermal death times for the corresponding temperatures. Note that these thermal death times do not represent complete sterilization, but a mathematical concept which can be considered as effective sterilization, which is in fact a survival ratio of 1:1012, and which has been found adequate for safety
http://www.nzifst.org.nz/unitoperations/httrapps2.htm

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[DOC]Thermal Destruction of Microorganisms
web.thu.edu.tw/.../4%20Thermal%20Destruction%20of...
Thus bacteria subjected to heat are killed at a rate that is proportional to the number ... as the temperature change required to change the D value by a factor of 10. ... Organisms that can survive pasteurization temperature belong to the groups of .... So, the z-value allows us to calculate a thermal process of equivalency, if we ...

Thermal death time - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_death_time
Thermal death time is a concept used to determine how long it takes to kill a specific bacteria at a specific temperature. ... This would be shown either as F10121 = 10 minutes (Celsius) or F18250 = 10 minutes (Fahrenheit).

A lethal ratio (L) is also a sterilizing effect at 1 minute at other temperatures with (T). L = 10 ( T − T R e f ) ..

Survival and Heat Resistance of Salmonella enterica and Escherichia ...
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3233057/ - Oldal lefordítása
Írta: Y He - ‎2011 - ‎Idézetek száma: 29 - ‎Kapcsolódó cikkek
The heat-treated samples were taken at 4 s, 10 min, 20 min, 30 min, and 1 h and ... Bacterial survival rates were calculated by enumerating viable cell counts on BHI and .... For instance, it required an average of 5.89 to 8.84 min to kill 90% of ....

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lethal ratio or survival ratio

Erzsébet Czopyk
Hungary
Local time: 01:38
Native speaker of: Native in HungarianHungarian
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for the suggestion!

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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
power of ten / order of magnitude


Explanation:
lower the germ count by at least one power of ten

reduce the bacterial count by at least one order of magnitude

The Keimzahl is not 'abgetötet' but 'reduziert'

Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 01:38
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 37
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you for your support. I am now facing the problem that I can't split the points. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Andrew Bramhall: I agree the germ count isn't eradicated entirely, merely reduced (considerably)
1 min
  -> germs can be eradicated, a count cannot

agree  BrigitteHilgner: Alles schon mal dagewesen: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/german_to_english/tech_engineering...
1 hr

agree  Anne Schulz
7 hrs
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17 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
decreases (the total bioburden/bacterial load) by at least a factor of 10


Explanation:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22026238



Jakub Rychter, PhD
Spain
Local time: 01:38
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in DutchDutch
PRO pts in category: 7
Grading comment
Great!
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks for the suggestion!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  phillee: Perhaps 'Reduces the bacteria count by at least a factor of 10" ... Geschmackssache
21 mins

agree  Anne Schulz
7 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
which at a minimum kills at a tenfold rate


Explanation:
That's my modest attempt.

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which kills germs (bacteria) at a minimum at a tenfold rate

Marc Svetov
United States
Local time: 18:38
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Cilian O'Tuama: ten times higher than what? // still makes no mathematical/scientific/whatever sense
1 day 5 hrs
  -> kills germs (bacteria) at a tenfold rate
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