Research Article

Enhanced Production of Xylitol from Corncob by Pachysolen tannophilus Using Response Surface Methodology

Table 4

Analyses of variance (ANOVA) for response surface quadratic model for the production of xylitol using Box-Behnker design.

SourceSum of squaredfMean square value value value

Model0.40140.02826.29<0.0001
-peptone0.03410.03431.67<0.0001
-xylose 1 3.41 0.0861
-MgSO4  7H2O0.03910.03935.75<0.0001
-yeast extract0.03510.03532.67<0.0001
0.03410.03431.76<0.0001
1 0.023 0.8811
1 0.37 0.5521
1 2.81 0.1160
0.02410.02422.29 0.0003
1 5.94 0.0288
0.04510.04541.63<0.0001
0.1610.16148.20<0.0001
0.03710.03734.46<0.0001
0.07410.07468.80<0.0001
Residual0.01514
Lack of fit0.01510 75.04 0.0004
Pure error 4
Cor total0.4128