Research Article

Enhanced Production of Xylitol from Corncob by Pachysolen tannophilus Using Response Surface Methodology

Table 7

Analyses of variance (ANOVA) for response surface quadratic model for the production of xylitol using CCD.

SourceSum of squaredfMean square value value value

Model0.63200.03115.58<0.0001
temperature (°C)0.02610.02613.07<0.0001
-substrate concentration (g/L)0.07910.07938.99
<0.0001
-pH0.1010.1051.74<0.0001
-agitation speed (rpm)0.03810.03818.76 0.0002
-inoculum size (mL)0.06110.06130.26<0.0001
0.02710.02713.42 0.0010
1 0.26 0.6125
0.0111 5.40 0.0273
1 0.076 0.7847
1 1.49 0.2319
1 3.14 0.0868
1 0.45 0.5084
1 0.039 0.8452
1 0.45 0.5084
1 0.9688
0.08810.08843.81<0.0001
0.09210.09245.78<0.0001
0.1210.1258.49<0.0001
0.03910.03919.48<0.0001
0.06310.06331.25<0.0001
Residual0.05829
Lack of fit0.05322 3 0.0699
Pure error 7
Cor total0.6949