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. 2006 May;72(5):3367–3374. doi: 10.1128/AEM.72.5.3367-3374.2006

TABLE 2.

Effects of inoculum volume on gellan gum yield, cell dry weight, and broth viscositya

Inoculum concn (% [vol/vol]) Broth viscosity (cP) Cell dry wt (g liter−1) Gellan gum yield (g liter−1)
2 9,720 ± 62 2.49 ± 0.19 12.35 ± 0.34
4 9,919 ± 88 2.53 ± 0.35 13.49 ± 0.18
6 6,780 ± 34 2.33 ± 0.11 12.07 ± 0.09
8 6,735 ± 75 2.17 ± 0.07 12.41 ± 0.18
10 3,294 ± 4 1.33 ± 0.10 10.33 ± 0.13
a

Values are the means ± standard deviations of three separate determinations.