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Table 1 Comparison of Harvest efficiency (%), concentration ratio of algae axenic culture to algae co-culture, total biomass and percentage biomass composition in co-culture and in axenic (control flask) algae and fungal cultures in Chlorella vulgaris (CV) with different fungal species: Mortierella isabellina (​MI), Fusarium equiseti (A11); Fusarium lacertarum (A13); Nigrospora oryzae (A16); Altermaria alternate (A20); Fusarium equiseti (B5); Mucor hiemalis (B7) and Mucor circinelloides UMN-B34 (MC)

From: Mycoalgae biofilm: development of a novel platform technology using algae and fungal cultures

Strain combination

MI-CV

A11-CV

A13-CV

A16-CV

A20-CV

B5-CV

B7-CV

MC-CV

Harvest efficiency (%)

41.15 ± 0.6

82.42 ± 0.47

34.39 ± 4.1

92.90 ± 0.39

99.85 ± 0.03

34.85 ± 8.1

99.89 ± 0.01

99.94 ± 0.02

Concentration ratio of algae axenic cultures to algae in co-culture

6.24

13.15

9.42

27.35

21.81

4.82

3.85

1.52

Total biomass in co-culture (mg/L)

959.0 ± 20.7

655.9 ± 10.1

699.3 ± 115

686.5 ± 17.9

611.6 ± 11.9

1050.5 ± 43.4

689.1 ± 21.8

1243.0 ± 37

% Algae biomass

15.4

10.7

14.08

4.9

6.90

18.3

34.9

48.96

% Fungal biomass

84.6

89.3

85.92

95.1

93.1

81.7

65.2

51.04

Biomass in algae mono-culture (control flask) mg/L

928.1 ± 174

928.1 ± 174

928.1 ± 174

928.1 ± 174

928.1 ± 174

928.1 ± 174

928.1 ± 174

928.1 ± 174

Biomass in fungal mono-culture (Control flask) mg/L

868.5 ± 24

429.0 ± 35

458.0 ± 326

712.5 ± 24

810.50 ± 142

938.5 ± 44

922.0 ± 33

898.50 ± 9.8