Table 1. Results Obtained for Culturing Flavobacterium sp. P8 in Batch Cultures at 20 °C, 1 vvm, and Different % pO2a.
| responses | 300 rpm | 5% | 10% | 20% | 40% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| biomass (g/L) | 5.0 ± 0.1 | 6.3 ± 0.1 | 6.2 ± 0.5 | 5.8 ± 0.6 | 6.0 ± 0.4 |
| glucose consumption (%) | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
| tf biomass (h) | 31 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| tf carotenoids (h) | 72 | 48 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| β-carotene (μg/L) | 222 ± 4 | 703 ± 36 | 275 ± 10 | nd | 91 ± 26 |
| β-cryptoxanthin (μg/L) | 284 ± 28 | 791 ± 10 | 171 ± 6 | 38 ± 6 | 239 ± 17 |
| zeaxanthin (μg/L) | 271 ± 47 | 1370 ± 10 | 2833 ± 108 | 2146 ± 130 | 1350 ± 137 |
| total carotenoids (μg/L) | 777 ± 7 | 2864 ± 46 | 3279 ± 124 | 2184 ± 135 | 1680 ± 180 |
| β-carotene (μg/g) | 44 ± 5 | 110 ± 6 | 43 ± 2 | nd | 15 ± 6 |
| β-crytpoxanthin (μg/g) | 57 ± 7 | 123 ± 2 | 27 ± 2 | 7 ± 1 | 40 ± 7 |
| zeaxanthin (μg/g) | 55 ± 8 | 214 ± 2 | 442 ± 17 | 370 ± 22 | 225 ± 44 |
| total carotenoids (μg/g) | 157 ± 47 | 447 ± 7 | 512 ± 20 | 377 ± 23 | 280 ± 56 |
| zeaxanthin/total carotenoids ratio (%) | 35 | 48 | 86 | 98 | 80 |
a
Each % pO2 condition was performed by duplicate. The results are presented as the mean of biological duplicates ± the difference between the highest and lowest values in a data set.