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Table 11 Comparison of growth, lipid production, and fatty acid composition between oleaginous microalgae

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

 

Doubling time (h)

Amount of TAG or FAME (mg/L)a

TAG productivity (mg/L per day)

Lipid or FAMA productivity (mg/L per day)

Percentage of TAG in lipid

Fatty acid composition (% w/w) of total FAMEs

References

14:0

16:0

16:1

16:2

16:3

16:4

18:0

18:1

18:2

18:3

20:5

Diatom

 Chaetoceros gracilis

9.2

272 (TAG)

27.2

  

6.7

42.1

40.8

2.7

1.5

 

1.1

   

3.9

This work (1% NaCl)

 Phaeodactylum tricornutum

14.6

183 (TAG)

18.3

  

4.9

38.0

42.5

0.5

1.1

 

1.4

4.8

  

6.7

This work (1% NaCl)

 Navicula JPCC DA0580

11.3b

  

26.4

  

21.4c

25.1c

   

0.3c

0.5c

0.3c

  

[94]

 Thalassiosira weissflogii P09

16

 

3.7d

7.3

51.0

           

[9]

 Thalassiosira weissflogii CCMP1010

22

 

2.6d

4.9

53.0

           

[9]

 Cylindrotheca fusiformis CCMP 343

15

 

0.9d

4.8

18.0

           

[9]

 Nitzschia CP2a

74

39

   

6.0

30.1

31.6

2.8

0.0

0.0

5.7

2.0

0.8

1.8

12.5

[95]

 Nitzschia CP3a

96

51

   

5.3

28.8

27.3

3.3

0.0

0.0

5.3

2.9

1.3

1.2

14.5

[95]

 Cymbella CP2b

31

41

   

9.6

37.7

38.3

1.6

0.0

0.0

6.6

1.2

0.3

0.1

3.9

[95]

 Cylindrotheca closterium Sl1c

31

35

   

0.6

0.2

4.7

9.0

23.3

1.8

35.2

10.1

0.2

10.8

0.4

[95]

 Tetraselmis M8

38

48

   

0.9

28.3

1.8

14.6

18.3

0.3

19.8

8.1

0.2

3.4

0.3

[95]

Cyanobacterium

 Spirulina maxima

   

8.6e

 

0.3

40.2

9.2

 

0.4

0.2

1.2

5.4

17.9

18.3

 

[96]

Eustigmatophyceae

 Nannochloropsis salina CCMP369

44

 

1.5d

7.3

20.0

           

[9]

 Nannochloropsis sp.

   

25.8e

 

7.2

23.4

26.9

0.4

0.5

 

0.5

13.2

1.2

 

14.3

[96]

Grren algae

 Neochloris oleabundans

   

26.1e

 

0.4

19.4

1.9

1.7

1.0

7.2

1.0

20.3

13.0

17.4

 

[96]

 Chlorella NKG400014

12.7b

  

13.1

  

6.7c

0.3c

   

1.1c

9.1c

2.4c

15.5c

 

[94]

 Chlorella vulgaris

   

9.2e

 

3.1

25.1

5.3

 

1.3

4.1

0.6

12.6

7.2

19.1

0.5

[96]

 Chlorella BR2

37

9

   

1.7

31.7

4.7

1.4

8.8

0.04

29.3

11.9

6.1

0.4

0.1

[95]

 Chlorella vulgaris

   

4

            

[97]

 Scenedesmus obliquus

   

15.9e

 

1.5

21.8

6.0

4.0

0.7

0.4

0.5

17.9

21.7

3.8

 

[96]

 Dunaliella tertiolecta

   

20.0e

 

0.5

17.7

0.9

3.0

1.2

10.6

 

4.9

12.4

30.2

 

[96]

 Dunaliella tertiolecta

36

18

   

0.5

19.9

0.4

1.4

4.2

23.3

16.7

0.8

1.9

30.0

0.1

[95]

 Dunaliella salina CCAP19/18

83

 

0.4d

5.2

7.0

           

[9]

 Dunaliella tertiolecta CCMP 1320

51

 

1.7d

9.7

17.0

           

[9]

 Chlamydomonas CCMP222

30

 

0.2d

3.0

7.0

           

[9]

Higher plants

 Canola oil

      

4.6

0.2

   

2.1

64.3

20.2

7.6

 

[98]

 Palm oil

     

1.1

41.9

0.2

   

4.6

41.2

10.3

0.1

 

[98]

 Soybean oil

      

10.5

    

4.1

22.5

53.6

7.7

 

[98]

  1. Fatty acid composition of typical oils from higher plants are also presented
  2. All data of microalgae were selected among those grown with air (without enriching CO2)
  3. aValues at the end of culture test
  4. bCalculated from the data on Fig. 1 in [94]
  5. cValues of % toward dry cell weight
  6. dCalculated from the data on Table 1 in [9]
  7. eCalculated from the data on Table 3 in [96]
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