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Table 1 Production of biomass and α-polyglucan by microalgae and cyanobacteria under phototrophic condition

From: Glycogen production for biofuels by the euryhaline cyanobacteria Synechococcus sp. strain PCC 7002 from an oceanic environment

Species

Biomass production (g-dry biomass L−1)

α-polyglucan production (g L−1)

α-polyglucan content (% of dry biomass)

Light intensity (μmol photons m−2 s−1)

Nitrogen source

Carbon source

Medium

Reference

Porphyridium sp. UTEX 637

5.6

0.36

6.7

300

10 mM KNO3

1.5–2% CO2 aeration

Seawater

[30]

Porphyridium aerugineum

5.0

0.63

12.7

300

5.2 mM NaNO3

1.5–2% CO2 aeration

Freshwater

 

Tetraselmis subcordiformis

5.7

2.7

47.8

200

11 mM KNO3

3% CO2 aeration

Seawater

[31]

Chlorella vulgaris CCAP 211/11B

2.4

1.3

55.0

300

6 mM KNO3

2% CO2 aeration

Freshwater

[32]

Arthrospira maxima SOSA 18

0.95

0.91

70.0

50

No addition

200 mM HCO3−

High sodium watera

[21]

Arthrospira platensis NIES-39

1.6

1.0

63.0

700

3 mM NaNO3

200 mM HCO3−

High sodium watera

[19]

Arthrospira platensis NIES-46

1.1

0.58

53.0

50

No addition

200 mM HCO3−

High sodium watera

[33]

Anabaena variabilis ATCC 29413

0.3

0.08

26.7

50

No addition

1.5% CO2 aeration

Freshwater

[22]

Gloeocapsa alpicola CALU 743

N.D.

0.60

N.D.

220

4 mM KNO3

2% CO2 aeration

Freshwater

[34]

Plectonema boryanum ATCC 18200

0.34

0.08

22.0

100

0.5 mM Ca(NO3)2•4H2O

Air

Freshwater

[35]

Synechocystis sp. PCC 6701

N.D.

0.46

N.D.

40

No addition

1% CO2 aeration

Freshwater

[36]

Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

N.D.

0.33

N.D.

2500

11 mM NaNO3

1% CO2

Brackish water

[25]

7.2

3.5

49.8

600

15 mM NaNO3

2% CO2

Brackish water

This work

7.7

3.0

38.7

600

15 mM NaNO3

2% CO2

Seawater

 

2.8

1.8

62.2

600

9 mM NaNO3

2% CO2

Freshwater

  1. N.D.: Not determined.
  2. aHigh sodium water indicates SOT medium [19].