The Gompertz modelwas previously recommended for assaying
sigmoidal inactivation kinetics (Gil, Brandao, & Silva, 2006). It also
performed better for fitting Bacillus coagulans spore inactivation
curves with capillary method (Zimmermann, Miorelli, Schaffner, &
Aragao, 2013). Hence, modified Gompertz-inspired model based on
Huang (2009) was selected for a comparison with log-linear model