Table 1 Chemical and biochemical parameters analyzed in cultures of 17 marine diatoms compared to other marine microalgae

Bacillariophyceae

Chaetoceros curvisetus CCMP 3260

7

18

13.22 ± 0.66

1.97 ± 0.04

14.86 ± 0.31

100

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Chaetoceros socialis CCMP 3263

7

16

2.47 ± 0.07

0.19 ± 0.01

7.63 ± 0.23

100

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―

―

Chaetoceros affinis CCMP 3259

7

17

4.13 ± 0.17

0.50 ± 0.01

12.11 ± 0.30

100

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―

―

Thalassiosira rotula CCMP 1647

7

17

5.44 ± 0.33

0.43 ± 0.01

7.95 ± 0.26

100

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―

―

Thalassiosira rotula CCMP 3264

7

19

4.35 ± 0.22

0.54 ± 0.02

12.42 ± 0.37

100

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Thalassiosira weissflogii P09

6

16

24.29 ± 0.97

7.27 ± 0.28

29.94 ± 1.17

3.0 ± 0.2

51.0 ± 3.2

30.0 ± 1.0

16.0 ± 1.0

Thalassiosira weissflogii CCMP 1010

6

22

12.53 ± 0.44

4.87 ± 0.10

38.84 ± 0.78

8.0 ± 0.3

53.0 ± 1.9

21.0 ± 1.3

18.0 ± 1.1

Thalassiosira weissflogii CCMP 1336

6

24

14.84 ± 0.45

3.48 ± 0.10

23.48 ± 0.66

5.0 ± 0.3

45.0 ± 3.2

31.0 ± 1.3

19.0 ± 1.1

Thalassiosira pseudonana CCMP 1335

8

24

5.87 ± 0.24

1.72 ± 0.07

29.33 ± 1.17

5.0 ± 0.3

19.0 ± 0.9

55.0 ± 1.8

21.0 ± 1.0

Cyclotella cryptica CCMP 331

13

48

7.11 ± 0.14

2.98 ± 0.09

41.97 ± 1.26

0

55.0 ± 2.1

24.0 ± 1.7

21.0 ± 1.0

Skeletonema marinoi CCMP 2092

7

23

9.02 ± 0.54

0.85 ± 0.02

9.38 ± 0.23

100

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Skeletonema marinoi CCMP 2052

7

16

7.17 ± 0.27

0.66 ± 0.03

9.14 ± 0.43

100

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Cylindrotheca fusiformis CCMP 343

7

15

27.27 ± 1.09

4.78 ± 0.18

17.51 ± 0.67

7.0 ± 0.2

18.0 ± 0.7

54.0 ± 3.2

21.0 ± 0.5

Phaeodactylum tricornutum CCMP 632

11

29

22.44 ± 0.90

2.09 ± 0.06

9.32 ± 0.28

11.0 ± 0.7

19.0 ± 0.6

44.0 ± 2.1

26.0 ± 1.0

Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima B317

10

15

4.12 ± 0.11

0.56 ± 0.03

13.50 ± 0.81

100

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Ditylum brightwelli CCMP 358

12

34

4.66 ± 0.28

0.57 ± 0.03

12.20 ± 0.71

52.0 ± 3.6

―

19.0 ± 0.8

29.0 ± 1.8

Melosira octogona CCMP 483

10

25

9.10 ± 0.44

1.88 ± 0.11

20.60 ± 1.24

2.0 ± 0.1

29.0 ± 1.8

38.0 ± 1.2

31.0 ± 1.9

Eustigmatophyceae

Nannochloropsis salina CCMP 369

21

44

33.09 ± 1.16

7.27 ± 0.31

21.98 ± 0.92

14.0 ± 0.5

20.0 ± 0.5

39.0 ± 2.3

27.0 ± 1.6

Chlorophyceae

Dunaliella salina CCAP19/18

20

83

19.79 ± 0.99

5.22 ± 0.17

26.36 ± 0.87

6.0 ± 0.3

7.0 ± 0.3

49.0 ± 2.1

38.0 ± 2.3

Dunaliella tertiolecta CCMP 1320

14

51

36.42 ± 1.02

9.71 ± 0.44

26.65 ± 1.20

5.0 ± 0.2

17.0 ± 1.2

53.0 ± 1.7

25.0 ± 1.1

Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 222

12

30

14.26 ± 0.53

2.98 ± 0.15

20.92 ± 1.05

3.0 ± 0.2

7.0 ± 0.3

60.0 ± 3.7

30.0 ± 1.0