Table 2.

Kinetics parameters and regression analysis results calculated by Gompertz-Arrhenius model, for the behavior of Lactobacillus fermentum K73 during Refractance Window drying process under non-isothermal conditions.

Carrier material	Temperature Dependent parameters		Model parameters	SS	RMSE	Bf	Af	R2	Adj R2
With	333 K	k = 0.203	a = 1553827.348	10.21	1.127	1.095	1.319	0.850	0.848
		L = 7612.7	b = 11346.132
	343 K	k = 0.4545	c = 0.0005
		L = 2821.68	d = 313
	353 K	k = 0.8060
		L = 1106.34
Without	333 K	k = 0.0003	a = 47631.089	5.787	1.303	1.137	1.266	0.914	0.912
		L = 3979.48	b = 5295.4891
	343 K	k = 0.1856	c = 0.002
		L = 2504.12	d = 332.7
	353 K	k = 0.711
		L = 1617.62

k = Inactivation rate (s⁻¹), L = Lag phase (s), SS = Sum of squares, RSME = Root mean squared error, Bf = Bias factor, Af = Accuracy factor, R² = R-squared, Adj R² = Adjusted R-squared.