Determination of Oxygen Solubility in Liquid Media

Table 1

Oxygen solubility in distilled water and the culture medium during Monascus ruber CCT 3802 cultivation.

Response^*	Distilled water	Culture medium
		0 h^**	24 h	48 h	72 h
𝐶𝑆 (mgO2 L^−1)	7.677	6.772	6.393	7.580	7.743
𝐻 (mgO2 L^−1 atm^−1)	36.559	32.324	30.515	36.181	36.959
𝑅^2	0.993	0.996	0.999	0.996	0.992
Relative Deviation (%)^***		−11.78	−16.72	−1.27	+0.86

^*Obtained at 30^°C. ^**Determination performed in the culture medium before inoculation of microorganism. ^***Variation concerning the distilled water experiment (𝑝O₂ = 0.20946 atm).