Table 4 Lipid, carbohydrate, protein, phycocyanin (Pc), allophycocyanin (Apc) and chlorophyll a (Chl) contents of Synechocystis dried biomass, cultured at different dilution rates

11.5 ± 0.2

11.0 ± 1.1

66.1 ± 2.5

19.6 ± 1.3

5.12 ± 029

2.33 ± 0.06

11.6 ± 1.7

13.2 ± 0.2

62.7 ± 0.8

18.9 ± 1.1

4.56 ± 0.14

2.27 ± 0.09

11.6 ± 1.6

12.9 ± 0.4

71.2 ± 1.5

19.2 ± 0.2

4.26 ± 0.21

2.29 ± 0.09

12.0 ± 0.6

11.7 ± 0.7

64.7 ± 7.0

18.1 ± 0.8

3.97 ± 0.02

2.11 ± 0.04

10.6 ± 0.9

12.5 ± 0.0

72.6 ± 0.6

17.9 ± 2.6

4.94 ± 0.09

2.24 ± 0.05

11.0 ± 1.8

11.9 ± 0.6

64.8 ± 4.5

14.9 ± 1.3

2.49 ± 0.35

2.13 ± 0.14

11.7 ± 0.6

12.5 ± 0.3

64.7 ± 1.2

15.4 ± 0.3

2.18 ± 0.20

2.11 ± 0.08

11.7 ± 0.2

9.5 ± 1.0

61.2 ± 7.4

13.0 ± 1.0

1.95 ± 0.76

1.64 ± 0.14

11.9 ± 0.2

10.7 ± 0.6

65.0 ± 2.1

13.0 ± 2.1

1.92 ± 0.99

1.84 ± 0.02

10.5 ± 0.6

9.4 ± 0.2

64.0 ± 3.7

10.3 ± 0.9

1.63 ± 0.49

1.60 ± 0.11

10.6 ± 0.3

10.2 ± 0.4

60.7 ± 1.1

10.9 ± 1.0

2.10 ± 0.35

1.48 ± 0.07

10.4 ± 0.4

9.6 ± 0.7

62.2 ± 0.6

11.3 ± 1.4

2.12 ± 0.40

1.22 ± 0.18