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Table 1 Fatty acid composition in diatom cells

From: Glycerol and neutral lipid production in the oleaginous marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum promoted by overexpression of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Fatty acid

GPDH

Wild type

12:0

0.22

0.21

14:0

5.69

5.40

15:0

0.56

—

16:0

21.49

17.75

17:0

0.10

0.12

18:0

6.36

7.04

20:0

0.10

0.17

22:0

0.03

—

24:0

0.07

0.33

Total SFA

34.62

31.02

16:1

33.11

17.81

18:1

4.43

1.47

Total MUFA

37.54

19.28

16:3

2.41

5.46

18:2

1.46

2.09

20:5

8.97

11.78

20:2

0.08

0.07

22:6

0.57

0.51

Total PUFA

13.49

19.91

  1. MUFA, monounsaturated fatty acid; PUFA, polyunsaturated fatty acid; SFA, saturated fatty acid. Values are in percentage of total fatty acids.