Application of Response Surface Methodology to Evaluation of Bioconversion Experimental Conditions

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...