Table 5.

Plackett-Burman experimental design for evaluating factors influencing dye degradation by M. cladophyllus UMAS MS8.

Run	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	Biodegradation
1	12	8	0.02	9	13	9	13	13	0.2	80	15	63.0
2	12	12	0.02	13	13	13	9	9	0.2	80	3	13.8
3	12	12	0.02	9	9	13	9	13	1.0	40	15	53.3
4	12	12	0.1	9	9	9	13	9	1.0	80	3	14.23
5	8	12	0.1	9	13	13	13	9	0.2	40	15	10.71
6	12	8	0.1	13	13	9	9	9	1.0	40	15	12.54
7	8	12	0.02	13	13	9	13	13	1.0	40	3	51.31
8	8	8	0.1	9	13	13	9	13	1.0	80	3	6.03
9	8	8	0.02	9	9	9	9	9	0.2	40	3	20.28
10	8	12	0.1	13	9	9	9	13	0.2	80	15	15.53
11	8	8	0.02	13	9	13	13	9	1.0	80	15	91.01
12	12	8	0.1	13	9	13	13	13	0.2	40	3	1.99

A: lactose (%), B: glucose (%), C: dye concentration (ppm), D: ammonium sulphate (%), E: ammonium nitrate (%), F: tryptone (%), G: yeast (%), H: ammonium chloride (%), I: inoculum size (cm), J: moisture content (%), and K: incubation time (days).