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Table 3 Box-Behnken design matrix and results for the most significant three variables that affected pigment production (casein (X1), KNO3 (X2), and FeSO4 (X3))

From: Biodiversity and biological applications of marine actinomycetes—Abu-Qir Bay, Mediterranean Sea, Egypt

Trial

Variable

X1

X2

X3

Pigment production (g/L)

1

0

0

0

0.0467

2

0

0

0

0.0467

3

0

−1

1

0.06542

4

0

1

−1

0.06178

5

−1

−1

0

0.0368

6

0

0

0

0.0467

7

1

0

−1

0.0612

8

0

1

1

0.0348

9

0

−1

−1

0.051

10

−1

0

1

0.04

11

−1

0

−1

0.0374

12

1

0

1

0.065

13

1

1

0

0.0438

14

1

−1

0

0.096

15

−1

1

0

0.0572