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. 2020 Dec 1;28(2):1401–1416. doi: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.11.076

Table 2.

Central Composite design (CCD) matrix. Optimization of pigment production from microalgae N. incerta.



Experimental variables
Responses
Predicted Responses
Run Pattern X1 (Medium) X2 (Salinity) X3 (Day) X4 (Solvent) Chl a μg·mL−1 T-Car μg·mL−1 Chl a μg·mL−1 T-Car μg·mL−1
1 ++−+ 3 55 1 3 0.381 0.114 0.458 0.168
2 00a0 2 40 1 2 0.458 0.139 0.546 0.205
3 +++− 3 55 6 1 0.734 0.232 0.760 0.218
4 −−−− 1 25 1 1 0.391 0.098 0.407 0.125
5 000A 2 40 3.5 3 0.631 0.225 0.686 0.208
6 +−−− 3 25 1 1 0.559 0.054 0.483 0.018
7 0a00 2 25 3.5 2 0.444 0.144 0.573 0.201
8 +−−+ 3 25 1 3 0.507 0.154 0.461 0.102
9 A000 3 40 3.5 2 0.631 0.229 0.626 0.246
10 a000 1 40 3.5 2 0.737 0.266 0.743 0.242
11 00A0 2 40 3.5 2 0.918 0.347 0.831 0.275
12 −−−+ 1 25 1 3 0.570 0.156 0.567 0.153
13 −+−+ 1 55 1 3 0.633 0.191 0.534 0.166
14 −−+− 1 25 6 1 0.832 0.279 0.779 0.209
15 000a 2 40 6 1 0.713 0.180 0.658 0.191
16 −++− 1 55 6 1 0.866 0.088 0.888 0.158
17 +−+− 3 25 6 1 0.546 0.173 0.621 0.216
18 ++++ 3 55 6 3 0.696 0.233 0.655 0.224
19 0A00 2 55 3.5 2 0.754 0.271 0.626 0.208
20 +−++ 3 25 6 3 0.546 0.173 0.531 0.179
21 −+−− 1 55 1 1 0.349 0.118 0.388 0.095
22 ++−− 3 55 1 1 0.490 0.050 0.494 0.041
23 −+++ 1 55 6 3 0.866 0.088 0.965 0.107
24 0000 2 40 3.5 2 0.678 0.240 0.676 0.248
25 0000 2 40 3.5 2 0.678 0.240 0.676 0.249
26 −−++ 1 25 6 3 0.900 0.089 0.872 0.116
27 *Control 1 35 3.5 2 0.687 0.243 0.253 0.217
28 **OT 2 40 3.5 2 0.891 0.369 0.856 0.321

Chl a = Chlorophyll a. T-Car = Total carotenoids.

Media: (1) F/2 = 0.88 mol·L-1, (2) F/4 = 0.44 mol·L-1, (3) F/8 = 0.22 mol·L-1 of nitrogen concentration. Salinity = PSU (Practical salinity Unity [g/kg]). Solvent: (1) Acetone, (2) methanol, (3) ethanol. g

*

Control: 0.88 mol·L-1 of nitrogen; 35 PSU, measured at the end of the exponential phase and extracted with methanol.

**

OT (Optimized treatment): 0.44 mol·L-1 of nitrogen; 40 PSU, 3.5 and extracted with methanol.