Table 1 Biomass and lipid concentrations in A. fumigatus and microalgal strains grown in mono-cultures and co-cultures
From: Fungal-assisted algal flocculation: application in wastewater treatment and biofuel production
|  | Fungi/microalgae monocultures, 0 h | Fungi/microalgae monocultures, 48 h | Microalgae +  A. fumigatus/TWS , co-cultures, 48 hr | Microalgae +  A. fumigatus/PDB , co-cultures, 48 hr | ||||||||
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Species | Biomass | Lipid | Lipid yield | Biomass | Lipid | Lipid yield | Biomass | Lipid | Lipid yield | Biomass | Lipid | Lipid yield |
(g/L) | (%) | (mg/L) | (g/L) | (%) | (mg/L) | (g/L) | (%) | (mg/L) | (g/L) | (%) | (mg/L) | |
Fungi | ||||||||||||
A. fumigatus/TWS | 0.66 ± 0.1 | 2.80 ± 0.3 | 16.68 ± 4.3 | 1.11 ± 0.2 | 3.36 ± 0.4 | 37.71 ± 8.4 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
A. fumigatus/PDB | 0.71 ± 0.1 | 10.10 ± 3.2 | 71.09 ± 15.3 | 2.21 ± 0.5 | 11.50 ± 3.3 | 240.20 ± 41.9 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
Freshwater microalgae | ||||||||||||
C. protothecoides | 0.66 ± 0.1 | 26.20 ± 4.1 | 172.23 ± 48. | 2.25 ± 0.4 | 28.20 ± 6.4 | 699.70 ± 120.4 | 6.61 ± 1.1 | 12.35 ± 4.4 | 755.34 ± 122.0 | 8.96 ± 2.1 | 21.35 ± 4.5 | 2041.96 ± 440.6 |
Marine microalgae | ||||||||||||
T. suecica | 0.65 ± 0.1 | 15.10 ± 3.8 | 86.54 ± 20.0 | 1.77 ± 0.4 | 13.70 ± 2.5 | 215.55 ± 50.6 | 4.40 ± 1.1 | 6.1 ± 1.7 | 268.84 ± 53.2 | 4.49 ± 0.9 | 12.10 ± 3.1 | 578.29 ± 210.7 |