Research Article

Microbial Decolorization of Triazo Dye, Direct Blue 71: An Optimization Approach Using Response Surface Methodology (RSM) and Artificial Neural Network (ANN)

Table 3

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) for the fitted quadratic polynomial model for optimization of Direct Blue 71 dye decolorization.

SourceSum of squaresdfMean squareF value value prob > F

Model2448.239272.0347.15<0.0001Significant
A: dye conc278.831278.8348.330.0002
B: yeast extract1465.311465.3253.96<0.0001
C: pH44.18144.187.660.0278
AB95.94195.9416.630.0047
AC11.76111.762.040.1964
BC23.81123.814.130.0817
A215.67115.672.720.1433
B2293.161293.1650.810.0002
C2177.721177.7230.80.0009
Residual40.3975.77
Lack of fit25.7638.592.350.2138Not significant
Pure error14.6343.66
Cor total2488.6216
R 20.9838
Adjusted R20.9629