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Table 5 EVOP designing for the three probiotic cultures and effects of error limits

From: Statistical optimization for enhanced yields of probiotic Bacillus coagulans and its phage resistant mutants followed by kinetic modelling of the process

Parameters

E18 (−1)

E19 (0)

E20 (+1)

E21 (−1)

E22 (0)

E23 (+1)

E24 (−1)

E25 (0)

E26 (+1)

(a) B. coagulans (parental strain)

 Glucose (g/l)

53

55.8

59

57

59

60

58

59

59.5

 C/N ratio

38

40

42

41

42

43

41.5

42

42.5

 Agitation (rpm)

200

225

250

240

250

250

245

250

250

 Responsea (biomass—g/l)

7.2

7.38

7.88

7.2

7.6

7.42

7.3

7.5

7.2

Parameters

E18 (−1)

E19 (0)

E20 (+1)

E21 (−1)

E22 (0)

E23 (+1)

(b) Mutant B.co PIII

 Glucose (g/l)

38

44

50

47

50

53

 C/N ratio

33

35

37

36

37

38

 Agitation (rpm)

200

225

250

230

240

250

 Responsea (biomass—g/l)

4.8

5.6

6.1

6.3

6.2

5.8

Parameters

E18 (−1)

E19 (0)

E20 (+1)

E21 (−1)

E22 (0)

E23 (+1)

(c) Mutant B.co MIII

 Glucose (g/l)

22.5

30

37.5

32.5

37.5

42.5

 C/N ratio

28

30

32

31

32

33

 Agitation (rpm)

175

200

225

220

230

240

 Responsea (biomass—g/l)

4.82

5.2

5.56

6.1

6

5.8

Error limits

Formulae

B. coagulans

B.co PIII

B.co MIII

(d) Summary of effects of error limit values of EVOP cycles

 Averages

±1.414 × σ

0.577

0.409

0.363

 Effects

±1.004 × σ

0.954

0.677

0.601

 Change in mean

±0.891 × σ

0.814

0.578

0.513

  1. σ—standard deviation
  2. aResponses are average of three values