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Table 3 Fatty acid profiles of lipids derived from SDEC-3M samples before and after 12 h N-rich or N-deficient cultivation in darkness

From: Characterization and optimization of endogenous lipid accumulation in Chlorella vulgaris SDEC-3M ability to rapidly accumulate lipid for reversing nightly lipid loss

Lipid number

Relative prevalence

Before cultivation

After N-rich cultivation

After N-deficient cultivation

16:0

47.84 ± 1.52%b

43.23 ± 1.47%a

43.20 ± 1.21%a

16:1

1.80 ± 0.88%b

0.54 ± 0.35%a

0.95 ± 0.41%ab

16:2

3.62 ± 0.66%b

4.97 ± 0.30%c

2.57 ± 0.55%a

18:0

1.16 ± 1.16%a

1.24 ± 1.24%a

2.48 ± 2.48%b

18:1

8.11 ± 1.35%a

18.75 ± 2.67%b

20.02 ± 1.04%b

18:2

19.59 ± 1.43%a

19.08 ± 2.78%a

18.22 ± 0.66%a

18:3

13.72 ± 0.87%b

8.78 ± 0.18%a

8.67 ± 0.92%a

Other

4.17 ± 0.4%a

3.41 ± 0.5%a

3.89 ± 0.6%a

  1. Each entry indicates the mean ± S.D., n = 3, measured from three independent cultures. Data in the same row followed by different letters are significantly different by Duncan’s test (p < 0.05)