Research Article

Optimisation of Cellulase Production by Penicillium funiculosum in a Stirred Tank Bioreactor Using Multivariate Response Surface Analysis

Table 4

Cellulase activities and protein concentration for the 24 FFD for medium optimisation.

RunA aB aC aD aFPase activity (U·L−1)Endoglucanase activity (U·L−1) -Glucosidase activity (U·L−1)Protein concentration (mg·L−1)

14.00.60.60.5123.5 ± 33.12984.6 ± 39.1284.8 ± 4.770.9 ± 3.3
28.00.60.60.5128.5 ± 35.91749.6 ± 35.4222.2 ± 3.157.9 ± 2.0
34.01.80.60.5177.0 ± 23.72100.6 ± 31.4363.8 ± 2.993.7 ± 2.4
48.01.80.60.589.7 ± 9.32356.3 ± 10.3243.6 ± 10.372.1 ± 6.5
54.00.61.80.584.4 ± 6.5496.3 ± 7.147.7 ± 2.981.7 ± 4.7
68.00.61.80.5135.2 ± 15.43985.6 ± 28.9805.0 ± 5.6119.3 ± 3.6
74.01.81.80.5105.5 ± 14.42281.1 ± 29.2233.8 ± 12.463.3 ± 4.8
88.01.81.80.568.4 ± 17.1726.9 ± 7.1176.1 ± 7.335.8 ± 3.1
94.00.60.61.5250.4 ± 2.15509.6 ± 33.8915.3 ± 3.8143.3 ± 1.2
108.00.60.61.5226.6 ± 2.44943.1 ± 27.4732.6 ± 8.7150.5 ± 9.1
114.01.80.61.5178.9 ± 3.32772.4 ± 9.2439.5 ± 2.2101.5 ± 3.2
128.01.80.61.5140.7 ± 9.85344.2 ± 10.8816.5 ± 5.7176.4 ± 8.1
134.00.61.81.52.5 ± 1.3451.2 ± 4.113.2 ± 2.959.9 ± 2.2
148.00.61.81.524.3 ± 2.2588.2 ± 11.5139.9 ± 2.831.3 ± 2.4
154.01.81.81.574.0 ± 1.856.8 ± 2.134.6 ± 4.945.6 ± 0.4
168.01.81.81.566.6 ± 3.3207.2 ± 15.360.9 ± 2.943.2 ± 2.4
17 (CP)6.01.21.21.0158.6 ± 4.14908.0 ± 23.21345.8 ± 3.5110.9 ± 0.3
18 (CP)6.01.21.21.0170.3 ± 2.45153.7 ± 27.91320.3 ± 4.1144.8 ± 4.8
19 (CP)6.01.21.21.0172.7 ± 1.15660.0 ± 32.61326.0 ± 5.9153.5 ± 3.9
20 (CP)6.01.21.21.0178.2 ± 1.84481.9 ± 28.61234.7 ± 13.977.6 ± 1.5
21 (CP)6.01.21.21.0161.7 ± 7.75190.5 ± 23.51128.5 ± 11.2128.1 ± 1.3

A, B, C, D: see Table 1. CP: center point.