Table 5 Fatty acid content in wild-type and transgenic cell lines after anaerobic incubation

(ng 10⁻⁵ cells)

(ng mg⁻¹ DW)

C12

15.2 ± 6.8 b

27.2 ± 2.9 a

29.1 ± 1.6 a

106.6 ± 38.0 b

176.9 ± 28.9 a

164.6 ± 19.6 a

C14

57.0 ± 5.3 c

318.9 ± 32.3 a

158.3 ± 33.3 b

424.7 ± 67.6 c

2072.8 ± 322.6 a

963.5 ± 372.3 b

C15

14.7 ± 1.8

11.3 ± 0.4

9.7 ± 2.7

105.6 ± 16.2

73.0 ± 6.6

49.6 ± 19.2

C16

256.6 ± 43.6 b

348.6 ± 10.3 a

301.5 ± 61.3 b

1828.2 ± 169.1 b

2260.5 ± 187.2 a

2040.3 ± 276.5 b

C18

46.1 ± 8.4

30.9 ± 2.5

29.7 ± 3.6

332.5 ± 71.5

200.4 ± 17.8

186.6 ± 50.0