TABLE 3.
Coefficients of the first-order and Weibull-H models for the survival curves for B. subtilis subsp. niger spores treated with different RH conditions and 2 mg/liter ClO2 gas
| RH (%) | Weibull-H model |
First-order model |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ϕ (mean ± SE) | td = 1 (min) | R2 | MSE | k (mean ± SE) | D (min) | R2 | MSE | |
| 30 | 0.20 ± 0.01 | 55.74 | 0.99 | 0.08 | 0.03 ± 0.01 | 32.57 | 0.91 | 0.51 |
| 50 | 0.44 ± 0.02 | 34.16 | 0.98 | 0.18 | 0.05 ± 0.01 | 19.08 | 0.93 | 0.50 |
| 70 | 1 | 20.23 | 0.97 | 0.19 | 0.09 ± 0.01 | 11.39 | 0.91 | 0.64 |
| 90 | 3.93 ± 0.21 | 8.48 | 0.96 | 0.29 | 0.21 ± 0.02 | 4.68 | 0.91 | 0.72 |