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Table 1 Growth of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii in presence of 5 mg/L of Li (ChlamyLi) and without lithium (Biological Control)

From: An exploratory study on the possibilities of microalgal biotechnology to obtain the essential 6Li isotope as fusion fuel

Time (days)

Replicates

ChlamyLi

Biological control

Number of cells/mL

0

1

50,000

50,000

2

50,000

50,000

3

50,000

50,000

Mean

 

50,000 ± 0,000

50,000 ± 0,000

7

1

310,625 ± 28,382

564,900 ± 37,988

2

410,725 ± 38,259

770,975 ± 79,873

3

381,600 ± 40,416

544,150 ± 26,650

Mean ± SD

 

367,650 ± 51,487

626,675 ± 125,397

14

1

884,850 ± 163,490

1,244,525 ± 101,420

2

865,525 ± 119,714

1,356,475 ± 171,118

3

905,875 ± 77,589

1,493,900 ± 347,789

Mean ± SD

 

885,417 ± 20,181

1,364,967 ± 124,904

21

1

857,850 ± 31,635

1,473,450 ± 203,178

2

911,025 ± 225,138

1,116,250 ± 349,597

3

832,250 ± 62,113

1,704,150 ± 770,737

Mean ± SD

 

867,042 ± 40,184

1,431,283 ± 296,210