Table 2.

β-Glucan content of S. carlsbergensis RU01 cultured in a 5-L stirred tank reactor in MDS medium supplemented with 0.1% w/v tannic acid at 36 and 48 h

Agitation/aeration rate	β-Glucan content (%w/w)
	36 h		48 h
	0.5 vvm	1.0 vvm	0.5 vvm	1.0 vvm
100 rpm	4.37±0.52	5.44±0.45	4.80±0.48	5.90±0.37
200 rpm	7.87±0.32	10.10±0.60	9.67±0.81	12.41±0.61
400 rpm	14.61±0.42	17.08±0.55	16.19±0.61	14.95±0.43

Data are shown as the mean±SD derived from three replicates