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Table 3 Productivity comparison of P. tricornutum WT and PtWS/DGAToe lines cultured in a 10-L PBR following nitrogen deprivation for fourteen days

From: Characterization and engineering of a dual-function diacylglycerol acyltransferase in the oleaginous marine diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum

 

Wild type (mg L−1day−1)

PtWS/DGAToe (mg L−1day−1)

Dry weight

28.5 ± 1.9

28.4 ± 1.2 (0.3%↓)

Total lipid

9.3 ± 0.9

10.5 ± 0.6 (13.5%↑)

Triacylglycerol

5.4 ± 0.1

6.4 ± 0.3 (18.4%↑)

Wax ester

0

0.8 ± 0.1 (↑)

  1. ↑ increased, ↓ decreased