Application of Response Surface Methodology to Evaluation of Bioconversion Experimental Conditions

Abstract

Using Candida tenuis, a yeast isolated from the digestive tube of the larva of Phoracantha semipunctata (Cerambycidae, Coleoptera), we were able to demonstrate the bioconversion of citronellal to citronellol. Response surface methodology was used to achieve the optimization of the experimental conditions for that bioconversion process. To study the proposed second-order polynomial model, we used a central composite experimental design with multiple linear regression to estimate the model coefficients of the five selected factors believed to influence the bioconversion process. Only four were demonstrated to be predominant: the incubation pH, temperature, time, and the amount of substrate. The best reduction yields (close to 90%) were obtained with alkaline pH conditions (pH 7.5), a low temperature (25°C), a small amount of substrate (15 ,ll), and short incubation time (16 h). This methodology was very efficient: only 36 experiments were necessary to assess these conditions, and model adequacy was very

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