TABLE 1.

Effects of inoculum age on gellan gum yield, cell dry weight, and broth viscosity^a

Inoculum age (h)	Broth viscosity (cP)	Cell dry wt (g liter−1)	Gellan gum yield (g liter−1)
6	5,857 ± 39	1.60 ± 0.05	9.12 ± 0.16
8	7,860 ± 24	2.30 ± 0.15	12.64 ± 0.18
10	6,840 ± 58	2.13 ± 0.07	11.93 ± 0.09
14	4,260 ± 8	1.74 ± 0.05	10.13 ± 0.51
16	4,560 ± 29	1.55 ± 0.27	10.06 ± 0.31
18	2,418 ± 32	1.59 ± 0.16	9.43 ± 0.17

^aValues are the means ± standard deviations of three separate determinations.