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Table 10 Summary of optimization studies for biomass (DCW) and setomimycin production by Streptomyces sp. RA-WS2

From: A biostatistical approach for augmenting rare bianthraquinone antibiotic production by Streptomyces sp. RA-WS2 using Taguchi design

Optimization stage

Medium

Biomass (DCW g/L)

Fold increase in Biomass (DCW) production

Setomimycin (mg/L)

Fold increase in setomimycin production

Initial fermentation conditions

PM-2

2.4

1

40

1

Medium optimization

PM-7

3.3

1.3

55

1.3

Optimization of physical parameters

PM-7

3.7

1.54

63

1.5

Optimization of carbon and nitrogen source

Modified PM-7

26

11

408

10.2

Optmization by Taguchi L9 othogonal array design

Modified PM-7

40

16.6

675

16.8