Modification of Medium Composition for Enhancing the Production of Antifungal Activity from Xenorhabdus stockiae PB09 by Using Response Surface Methodology

Table 5

Effect of different media on biomass and antifungal activity of X. stockiae PB09 against Phytophthora sp. after cultivation by using shake flasks at different periods of time.

Media	Biomass (g, dry cell weight/L ± SD)			Mycelial inhibition (%, mean ± SD)
	24 h	48 h	72 h	24 h	48 h	72 h
TSB	9.78 ± 0.16^a	11.90 ± 0.43^a	11.79 ± 0.14^a	63.18 ± 4.03^a	70.73 ± 1.48^a	70.73 ± 2.57^a
LB	8.14 ± 0.11^b	10.12 ± 0.11^b	9.95 ± 0.11^b	65.00 ± 6.01^a	66.55 ± 2.29^b	69.09 ± 2.57^ab
YSG	7.08 ± 0.10^c	9.58 ± 0.20^c	9.02 ± 0.18^c	49.09 ± 2.97^b	65.45 ± 5.35^b	68.18 ± 5.65^b

Means within the same column followed by the same lowercase letters are not significantly different () as compared by the LSD test.