Research Article

Repeated Batch Fermentation Biotechnology for the Biosynthesis of Lipid and Gamma-Linolenic Acid by Cunninghamella bainieri 2A1

Table 6

Analysis of variance for the second-order polynomial model of GLA production by Cuninghamella bainieri 2A1 using repeated batch cultivation at 30°C for 96 h.

SourcePolynomial coefficientsSum of squaresDFMean square valueProb >

Model0.1590.0178.440.0031**
 Intercept0.18
   −0.0470.02210.02211.050.0105*
   0.025 1 3.130.1150
   −0.022 1 2.420.1584
   1 0.0860.7765
   −0.012 1 0.200.6698
   0.130.04810.04823.960.0012**
   0.0710.04110.04120.310.0020**
   1 0.0560.8185
   −0.014 1 0.760.4096
Residuals0.0168
Lack of fit0.0145 4.520.1222
 Pure error 3

Statistically significant at 95% probability level.
Statistically significant at 99% of probability level.
: glucose concentration (g/L); : ammonium tartrate concentration (g/L); : harvesting time (h). , , and : the quadratic terms; , , and : the interaction terms.
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