Research Article

Enhancement of Cellulase Activity from a New Strain of Bacillus subtilis by Medium Optimization and Analysis with Various Cellulosic Substrates

Table 1

Plackett-Burman design in coded units and real values (in parenthesis) in g/L for seven variables along with the cellulase activity.

Run
Order
CMC Peptone YE K2HPO4   MgSO4·7H2O ( )FeSO4·7H2O ( )MnCl2·4H2O ( )E.A (U/mL)

(1)+1 (18)−1 (2)−1 (1)−1 (0.5)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.01)0.084
(2)−1 (2)−1 (2)−1 (1)−1 (0.5)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.1)0.003
(3)−1 (2)+1 (8)+1 (9)+1 (2)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.01)0.080
(4)+1 (18)−1 (2)+1 (9)+1 (2)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.01)0.226
(5)−1 (2)−1 (2)−1 (1)+1 (2)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.01)0.004
(6)+1 (18)+1 (8)+1 (9)+1 (2)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.1)0.252
(7)+1 (18)+1 (8)−1 (1)+1 (2)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.01)0.221
(8)−1 (2)+1 (8)+1 (9)−1 (0.5)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.01)0.026
(9)+1 (18)−1 (2)+1 (9)+1 (2)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.01)0.205
(10)−1 (2)−1 (2)−1 (1)−1 (0.5)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.01)0.006
(11)−1 (2)+1 (8)+1 (9)−1 (0.5)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.01)0.049
(12)+1 (18)+1 (8)−1 (1)−1 (0.5)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.01)0.168
(13)+1 (18)−1 (2)−1 (1)+1 (2)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.1)0.102
(14)+1 (18)−1 (2)+1 (9)−1 (0.5)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.1)0.197
(15)−1 (2)−1 (2)+1 (9)−1 (0.5)+1 (0.45)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.1)0.024
(16)−1 (2)+1 (8)−1 (1)+1 (2)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.1)0.003
(17)+1 (18)+1 (8)−1 (1)−1 (0.5)−1 (0.05)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.1)0.214
(18)+1 (18)+1 (8)+1 (9)−1 (0.5)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.1)0.249
(19)−1 (2)+1 (8)−1 (1)+1 (2)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.1)0.025
(20)−1 (2)−1 (2)+1 (9)+1 (2)−1 (0.05)+1 (0.45)+1 (0.1)0.022