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Table 3 Fitting parameters of astaxanthin production to Eq. (2) in non-saccharified (MS) and partially-saccharified mussel waste (PSM and PSMS)

From: Mussel processing wastewater: a low-cost substrate for the production of astaxanthin by Xanthophyllomyces dendrorhous

Media

A m (mg/L)

v m (mg/L h)

λ a (h)

Y A/X (mg/g)

Y A/TS (mg/g)

Y X/TS (g/g)

MS

4.18 (NS)

0.126 (NS)

21.77 (NS)

0.320

0.122

0.381

PSM

26.00 ± 1.98

0.345 ± 0.082

38.98 ± 9.09

2.256

0.558

0.115

PSMS

22.50 ± 1.79

0.313 ± 0.078

34.15 ± 9.26

3.565

0.653

0.215

  1. Yields of X. dendrorhous ATCC 74219 cultivation in MS, PSM and PSMS are also shown
  2. Y A/X yield of astaxanthin production on biomass, Y A/TS yield of astaxanthin production on sugars consumed, Y X/TS yield of biomass on sugars consumed, NS non significant
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