Table 1. Results of experiments carried out in Erlenmeyer flasks using sugar cane bagasse and mineral media with nutrient agar as the culture medium.

Experiments

Luminosity
Klux

Inoculum g
cells. Kg wet
cult. media -1

Moisture
% wet basis

Equation

Correlation coefficient

1

3.8

0.05

94.8

y = 1.6x - 15.6

0.979

2

3.8

0.25

94.8

y = 1.7x - 16.1

0.9607

3

6.0

0.05

94.8

y = 1.1x - 10.2

0.8518

4

6.0

0.15

94.8

y = 1.2x -11.1

0.99

5

6.0

0.25

94.8

y = 1.0x - 8.6

0.9608

6

8.2

0.05

94.8

y = 1.0x -9.5

0.99

7

8.2

0.25

94.8

y = 1.7x - 15.8

0.9907

8

6.0

0.05

95.8

y = 1.5x - 14.5

0.9788

9

6.0

0.15

95.8

y = 1.5x - 14.4

0.9632

10

6.0

0.25

95.8

y = 1.3x - 12.2

0.8618

General

y = 1.3x - 12.4

0.8309


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