Economic Analysis of the Production of Amylases and Other Hydrolases by Aspergillus awamori in Solid-State Fermentation of Babassu Cake

Table 2

Effect of inoculum propagation medium on yield and costs of production of A. awamori IOC-3914 spores.

Inoculum propagation medium	Yield (10^8 spores L^−1)	Cost per 10^10 spores (USD)
Czapeck-Dox	3.7 ± 1.9	0.16 ± 0.08
Malt	4.0 ± 1.4	0.30 ± 0.11
PDA	28.0 ± 0.5	0.04 ± 0.00(a)
Starch	4.8 ± 0.8	0.19 ± 0.03
Oat	32.3 ± 0.1	0.05 ± 0.00(a)

(a)Standard deviation values were unequal zero, but below 0.01 USD.