Research Article

Optimal Conditions for Continuous Immobilization of Pseudozyma hubeiensis (Strain HB85A) Lipase by Adsorption in a Packed-Bed Reactor by Response Surface Methodology

Table 4

pH stability of the free and immobilized lipase.*

pHRelative activity (%)
Free lipase (FLCS)Immobilized lipase (IE)

Control**100g,h,i100g,h,i
3.0155 ± 0e100 ± 6.0g,h,i
4.052 ± 9.2l,m,n69 ± 13.1j,k,l,m
5.083 ± 2.1h,i,j,k,l239 ± 10.1c
6.070 ± 11.6i,j,k,l,m97 ± 10.8g,h,i,j
7.0117 ± 13.7f,g150 ± 0.1e
8.099 ± 9.2g,h,i,j143 ± 5.9e,f
9.039 ± 10.9m,n97 ± 7.4g,h,i,j

*The free and immobilized enzymes were incubated at different buffer solutions for 2 h at 50°C.
** Each pH studied had a different control. Control: free and immobilized lipase with respective buffer solution analyzed without incubation.
***Mean values with the same letter do not statistically differ from each other by the ANOVA Tukey test .