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TABLE 3.

Exponential dependence of the reactivation parameters S_m, k₂, and M on the temperature of the reactivation phase

Reactivation condition	Microbial indicator	Coefficient for predicting indicated parameter
		k₂ = b·e^{(a · T)}			S_m = b·e^{(a · T)}			M = b·e^{(a · T)}
		b	a	r²	b	a	r²	b	a	r²
Photoreactivation	TC	4.277	−0.161	0.985	0.007	0.164	0.995
	FC	2.763	−0.123	0.872	0.008	0.127	0.984
	SFB	5.922	−0.076	0.812	0.014	0.053	0.939
Dark repair	TC	2.790	−0.030	0.825	0.008	0.023	0.771	5.082E-06	0.048	0.930
	FC	2.310	−0.035	0.927	0.010	0.030	0.943	1.684E-05	0.035	0.938
	SFB	0.018	0.011	0.186	0.012	0.023	0.880	1.332E-05	0.044	0.940

a and b, exponential regression coefficients; T, temperature.