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Table 3 Assessment of biomass and lipid accumulation in heterotrophically cultivated A. protothecoides

From: Heterotrophic cultivation of Auxenochlorella protothecoides using forest biomass as a feedstock for sustainable biodiesel production

Parameters

GSM (C/N, 60)

OPBH (C/N, 60)

OPSH (C/N, 60)

Cell dry weight (g/L)

8.40 ± 0.12

8.56 ± 0.21

8.37 ± 0.13

Biomass productivitya (g/L day)

1.68 ± 0.09

1.71 ± 0.07

1.67 ± 0.08

Total lipid concentration (g/L)

5.42 ± 0.27

5.65 ± 0.21

5.28 ± 0.17

Lipid content (%, w/w)

64.52 ± 0.64

66.00 ± 0.33

63.08 ± 0.71

Lipid productivitya (mg/L day)

1084 ± 14

1130 ± 24

1056 ± 21

  1. Quantitative estimation of cell dry weight (g/L), total lipid concentration (g/L), lipid content (% w/w), biomass productivity, and lipid productivity in A. protothecoides grown on GSM, OPBH, and OPSH
  2. aThe total biomass productivity and lipid productivity were calculated when the cell dry weight reached its highest value
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