Table 1: Oxygen solubility in distilled water and the culture medium during Monascus ruber CCT 3802 cultivation.
Response*
Distilled water
Culture medium
0 h**
24 h
48 h
72 h
(mgO2 L−1)
7.677
6.772
6.393
7.580
7.743
(mgO2 L−1 atm−1)
36.559
32.324
30.515
36.181
36.959
0.993
0.996
0.999
0.996
0.992
Relative Deviation (%)***
−11.78
−16.72
−1.27
+0.86
*Obtained at 30°C. **Determination performed in the culture medium before inoculation of microorganism. ***Variation concerning the distilled water experiment (O2 = 0.20946 atm).