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Table 1 Changes in fatty acid composition in transgenic and wild-type microalgae

From: Molecular characterization of a glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase reveals key features essential for triacylglycerol production in Phaeodactylum tricornutum

Fatty acid

Wild type (DW %)

GPAT (DW %)

C14:0

3.54

2.48

C15:0

0.20

0.11

C16:0

23.60

16.17

C18:0

7.35

5.93

C22:0

0.17

0.36

C24:0

0.29

0.85

SUM SFA

35.15

25.9

C16:1

25.08

26.85

C18:1

5.95

0.84

SUM MUFA

31.03

27.69

C16:3

4.19

6.41

C18:2

1.09

1.66

C18:3

0.08

0.04

C20:5

18.23

25.53

C22:6

0.81

0.87

SUM PUFA

24.4

34.51