extremely significantp < 0.01
The influences of maltose concentration ( X 1 ), YNB ( X 5 ), and pH ( X 8 ) were extremely significant ( p < 0.01) on EPS production, while the effects of BE ( X 2 ), YE ( X 3 ), Pe ( X 4 ), and temperature ( X 7 ) were significant ( p < 0.05).