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Table 10 Amounts of pigments in Chaetoceros gracilis cells grown under 12 h light/12 h dark at 30 °C

From: Advantageous characteristics of the diatom Chaetoceros gracilis as a sustainable biofuel producer

Pigments

Amount of pigments (mg/L)

50 µmol photons m−2 s−1

100 µmol photons m−2 s−1

96 h

240 h

96 h

240 h

Chlorophyll a

5.09 ± 0.15

5.98 ± 0.65

4.55 ± 0.10

4.34 ± 0.09

Chlorophyll c

0.965 ± 0.031

0.924 ± 0.028

0.844 ± 0.023

0.771 ± 0.020

Fucoxanthin

2.67 ± 0.11

2.92 ± 0.09

2.52 ± 0.02

2.45 ± 0.08

Diadinoxanthin

0.575 ± 0.034

1.18 ± 0.05

0.853 ± 0.034

0.962 ± 0.013

ß-Carotene

0.186 ± 0.006

0.203 ± 0.011

0.180 ± 0.004

0.164 ± 0.003

Cell density (106 cells/mL)

4.54 ± 0.13

6.45 ± 0.27

5.39 ± 0.07

6.92 ± 0.16

  1. Cells cultivated in F/2-enriched seawater under a photoperiod of 12 h light/12 h dark with 50 or 100 µmol photons m−2 s−1 at 30 °C, pigments quantitated on days 4 and 10, and n = 3
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Biotechnology for Biofuels and Bioproducts

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