Research Article

Modeling the Combined Effects of Temperature, pH, and Sodium Chloride and Sodium Lactate Concentrations on the Growth Rate of Lactobacillus plantarum ATCC 8014

Table 1

Observed (Obs) and predicted growth rate (μ, ) by response surface model (RSM) of L.   plantarum for the central composite rotatable design.

  
(°C)
pHNaCl
(%)
Na-lactate
(%)
μ (h−1)
RSM

7 (−1)6.0 (−1)1.5 (−1)1 (−1)0.00420.0017
13 (+1)6.0 (−1)1.5 (−1)1 (−1)0.04980.0505
7 (−1)7.0 (+1)1.5 (−1)1 (−1)0.00400.0063
13 (+1)7.0 (+1)1.5 (−1)1 (−1)0.05490.0551
7 (−1)6.0 (−1)4.5 (+1)1 (−1)00
13 (+1)6.0 (−1)4.5 (+1)1 (−1)0.03160.0274
7 (−1)7.0 (+1)4.5 (+1)1 (−1)00.0045
13 (+1)7.0 (+1)4.5 (+1)1 (−1)0.03160.0320
7 (−1)6.0 (−1)1.5 (−1)3 (+1)0.00370.0013
13 (+1)6.0 (−1)1.5 (−1)3 (+1)0.03730.0349
7 (−1)7.0 (+1)1.5 (−1)3 (+1)0.00250.0059
13 (+1)7.0 (+1)1.5 (−1)3 (+1)0.04420.0395
7 (−1)6.0 (−1)4.5 (+1)3 (+1)00
13 (+1)6.0 (−1)4.5 (+1)3 (+1)0.01390.0118
7 (−1)7.0 (+1)4.5 (+1)3 (+1)00.0041
13 (+1)7.0 (+1)4.5 (+1)3 (+1)0.00960.0164
4 (−2)6.5 (0)3.0 (0)2 (0)00
16 (+2)6.5 (0)3.0 (0)2 (0)0.05410.0488
10 (0)5.5 (−2)3.0 (0)2 (0)0.00790.0136
10 (0)7.5 (+2)3.0 (0)2 (0)0.03230.0228
10 (0)6.5 (0)0 (−2)2 (0)0.02100.0306
10 (0)6.5 (0)6.0 (+2)2 (0)0.00330.0057
10 (0)6.5 (0)3.0 (0)0 (−2)0.02020.0262
10 (0)6.5 (0)3.0 (0)4 (+2)0.00470.0102
10 (0)6.5 (0)3.0 (0)2 (0)0.02070.0182
10 (0)6.5 (0)3.0 (0)2 (0)0.02090.0182
0.0084
1.0518
1.3690

Real values (coded values) for all variables; average observed in quadruplicate; RMSE: root mean square error; : bias factor; : accuracy factor.