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Table 3 Combined effect of salinity and nitrogen limitation on biomass production, lipid accumulation, and CO 2 fixation of Chlamydomonas sp. JSC4

From: Optimizing biodiesel production in marine Chlamydomonassp. JSC4 through metabolic profiling and an innovative salinity-gradient strategy

Sea salt concentration (%)

Cultivation time under nitrogen depletion (days)

Biomass concentration (g L-1)

Lipid content (%)

Lipid productivity (mg L-1d-1)

CO2fixation rate (mg L-1d-1)

0.5

0

1.414 ± 0.082

15.6 ± 0.6

109 ± 3

1312 ± 81

3

2.353 ± 0.078

29.0 ± 1.1

116 ± 0

755 ± 26

5

2.691 ± 0.001

32.0 ± 0.3

107 ± 1

628 ± 0

7

2.748 ± 0.011

38.7 ± 2.1

104 ± 5

507 ± 2

2.0

0

1.426 ± 0.008

15.8 ± 0.1

111 ± 0

1319 ± 6

3

2.232 ± 0.007

41.9 ± 1.8

159 ± 8

713 ± 3

5

2.467 ± 0.064

49.8 ± 2.3

152 ± 11

573 ± 16

7

2.488 ± 0.044

53.5 ± 0.8

130 ± 4

457 ± 9

3.5

0

1.482 ± 0.029

15.3 ± 2.5

79 ± 119

968 ± 17

3

2.018 ± 0.052

45.0 ± 0.1

143 ± 8

609 ± 18

5

2.191 ± 0.033

51.8 ± 2.2

136 ± 8

494 ± 9

7

2.242 ± 0.064

55.1 ± 0.8

121 ± 2

411 ± 13

5.0

0

1.135 ± 0.031

14.5 ± 0.7

56 ± 16

699 ± 15

3

1.817 ± 0.057

51.4 ± 2.0

149 ± 1

528 ± 5

5

2.058 ± 0.048

59.8 ± 1.2

148 ± 5

448 ± 10

 

7

2.076 ± 0.033

64.0 ± 1.7

129 ± 6

371 ± 5

  1. The values are the mean ± standard deviation of three replicated experiments. (Light intensity = 200 μmol m-2 s-1; CO2 aeration = 2.0%; CO2 flow rate = 0.05 vvm).