Table 1.

Kinetic parameters for crude protein and cell mass production along with substrate utilization by T. harzianum in 5-L fermenter under optimized fermentation conditions.

Kinetic parameters	40	50	60	70	P
µ (h−1)	0.15 ± 0.01b	0.21 ± 0.01a	0.23 ± 0.01a	0.09 ± 0.01c	0.0001
Q CP (g/lh)	0.21 ± 0.01b,c	0.24 ± 0.01a,b	0.27 ± 0.02a	0.19 ± 0.01c	0.0001
Y CP/X (g/g cells)	0.47 ± 0.01a	0.49 ± 0.01a	0.49 ± 0.01a	0.43 ± 0.01b	0.0001
Y CP/S (g/g S)	0.21 ± 0.05a	0.23 ± 0.02a	0.23 ± 0.05a	0.20 ± 0.01a	0.698
q CP (g/g/h)	0.032 ± 0.004c	0.103 ± 0.002b	0.113 ± 0.003a	0.039 ± 0.002c	0.0001
Q S (g S/lh )	0.88 ± 0.02c	1.25 ± 0.02a	1.13 ± 0.03b	0.56 ± 0.03d	0.0001
Q X (g Cell/l h)	0.39 ± 0.04a	0.48 ± 0.05a	0.42 ± 0.05a	0.39 ± 0.05a	0.146
Y X/S (g cells/g S)	0.45 ± 0.03a	0.50 ± 0.03a	0.46 ± 0.03a	0.43 ± 0.03a	0.102

Values are mean ± SD of n = 3 experiments.

^a,b,c,dMeans ± SD followed by different superscripts in each row are significantly different at confidence level P ≤ 0.05 using Tukey's multiple range test.