Table 2.

Effect of incubation time, temperature, initial pH, and moisture content on xylanase production by S. commune ARC-11.

Cultural Parameter		Xylanase activity (IU/gds)	Protein content (mg/ml)	SSF conditions
Incubation time (days)	2	256.00 ± 7.99	0.85 ± 0.03	1. Incubation time-varied, 2. Temperature-30 °C, 3. Initial moisture level-77.5%, 4. Initial pH-5.0
	3	338.93 ± 10.85	0.97 ± 0.04
	4	1389.07 ± 35.42	1.11 ± 0.03
	5	1490.93 ± 40.85	1.44 ± 0.05
	6	4262.76 ± 153.46	1.69 ± 0.06
	7	4556.98 ± 212.36	1.73 ± 0.06
	8	5199.02 ± 132.06	1.86 ± 0.08
	9	4039.91 ± 148.67	1.99 ± 0.06
	10	2898.93 ± 93.93	1.96 ± 0.08
	11	1747.73 ± 44.39	1.95 ± 0.07
	12	1472.80 ± 33.87	1.90 ± 0.06
Temperature (°C)	26	4001.96 ± 158.08	1.53 ± 0.09	1. Incubation time-8 days, 2. Temperature-varied, 3. Initial moisture level-77.5%, 4. Initial pH-5.0
	30	5358.93 ± 253.48	1.88 ± 0.09
	34	3689.87 ± 143.17	1.58 ± 0.07
	38	1829.07 ± 88.89	1.50 ± 0.08
	42	ND	ND
Initial pH	4.0	5242.40 ± 144.69	1.65 ± 0.09	1. Incubation time-8 days, 2. Temperature-30 °C, 3. Initial moisture level-77.5%, 4. Initial pH-Varied
	5.0	5299.73 ± 171.18	1.92 ± 0.09
	5.5	5459.73 ± 191.09	1.98 ± 0.12
	6.0	5661.16 ± 157.38	2.17 ± 0.11
	6.5	5973.33 ± 221.01	2.24 ± 0.10
	7.0	6340.71 ± 207.34	2.25 ± 0.12
	8.0	5424.18 ± 227.82	2.12 ± 0.11
	9.0	4934.31 ± 188.49	1.94 ± 0.10
	10.0	4811.82 ± 188.62	1.90 ± 0.12
Initial moisture content (%)	55.0	3026.13 ± 86.24	1.32 ± 0.07	1. Incubation time-8 days, 2. Temperature-30 °C, 3. Initial moisture level- 70.0%, 4. Initial pH-7.0
	60.0	4118.49 ± 130.14	1.56 ± 0.08
	65.0	5459.73 ± 177.44	1.83 ± 0.10
	70.0	6721.96 ± 235.27	2.14 ± 0.10
	75.0	6262.67 ± 180.36	2.30 ± 0.12
	77.5	4428.62 ± 217.00	2.21 ± 0.12
	80.0	2054.31 ± 87.51	2.15 ± 0.11
	82.5	1619.73 ± 51.83	1.92 ± 0.10
	85.0	1303.64 ± 49.80	1.87 ± 0.09

± Refers standard deviation.