Enhancing oil production and harvest by combining the marine alga Nannochloropsis oceanica and the oleaginous fungus Mortierella elongata

Table 1 Lipid contents of different strains grown in f/2 medium in shaker flasks (mg g⁻¹ total dry weight)

Strains	Total fatty acid	TAG	ARA	EPA	Total PUFAs
N. oceanica	118.7 ± 18.4	15.1 ± 2.3	3.1 ± 0.5	17.0 ± 2.6	21.5 ± 3.3
M. elongata AG77	238.8 ± 14.5	94.6 ± 4.5	42.4 ± 2.3	4.3 ± 0.5	89.1 ± 4.8
M. gamsii GBAus 22	178.0 ± 23.9	54.9 ± 3.9	29.3 ± 2.1	1.7 ± 0.5	66.1 ± 2.2
M. elongata AG77 and N. oceanica	168.5 ± 8.9	62.1 ± 3.0	16.3 ± 1.1	12.0 ± 0.9	46.5 ± 3.7
M. gamsii GBAus22 and N. oceanica	163.3 ± 10.5	42.0 ± 9.5	17.5 ± 1.7	9.0 ± 1.4	36.1 ± 6.1

M. elongata AG77/M. gamsii GBAus22 and N. oceanica, co-cultivation of the alga and fungi in f/2 medium for 6 days in shaker flasks. Results are the average of three biological replicates with standard deviations
TAG triacylglycerol, ARA arachidonic acid (20:4), EPA eicosapentaenoic acid (20:5), PUFAs polyunsaturated fatty acids (e.g. 18:2, 18:3, 20:4 and 20:5)

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