Table 2 Impact of temperature, pH and oxygen concentration (kLa) on output variables.
Output variable | Pearson correlation coefficient r | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temperature | Initial pH | kLa (h−1) | Temperature | Initial pH | kLa (h−1) | |
Δ log AFU/ml | − 0.04535 | − 0.1721 | − 0.6846 | 0.8725 | 0.5398 | 0.0049 |
Viability | − 0.1690 | 0.4437 | − 0.3592 | 0.5679 | 0.1069 | 0.2005 |
FSC-H | − 0.1388 | 0.4694 | 0.3671 | 0.6217 | 0.0775 | 0.1783 |
SSC-H | − 0.3603 | 0.4245 | 0.173 | 0.1871 | 0.1148 | 0.5374 |
FT survivability | − 0.387 | − 0.6052 | − 0.1169 | 0.1541 | 0.0168 | 0.6783 |