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Table 5 Biomass and carbohydrate (starch, glycogen or total carbohydrate) production in microalgae under different carbon sources and nutrient stress conditions reported in literatures

From: Application of an in situ CO2–bicarbonate system under nitrogen depletion to improve photosynthetic biomass and starch production and regulate amylose accumulation in a marine green microalga Tetraselmis subcordiformis

Strain

Carbon source

Nutrient stress

Biomass productivity (g L−1 day−1)

Starch concentration (g L−1)

Starch productivity (g L−1 day−1)

Starch content (%DW)

References

CO2 (%)

NaHCO3 (g L−1)

Organic carbon

Chlorella sorokiniana

2

0

0

−N

0.45 (2a)

b

0.17 (2)

38 (2)

[18]

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

0.04

4.2

0

−N

0.79 (4)

0.18 (4)

69.3 (4)

[64]

0.04

0

0

−N

0.04 (4)

7.3 (4)

 

5

0

0

−N

0.06 (4)

12.5 (4)

 

Chlorella vulgaris CCALA 924

2

0

0

−N

0.23 (0.5)

0.10 (0.5)

0.19 (0.5)

37 (0.5)

[6]

2

0

Urea (1.1 g L−1)

−P

0.75 (0.75)

0.35 (0.75)

0.48 (0.75)

53 (0.75)

 

2

0

Urea (1.1 g L−1)

−S

1.10 (0.83)

0.62 (0.83)

0.74 (0.83)

60 (0.83)

 

Chlorella sp. AE10

10

0.016

0

−N

1.20 (2)

1.42 (2)

0.71 (2)

56.9 (2)

[46]

   

−N (0.375 mM)

0.95 (2)

1.21 (2)

0.73 (2)

60.5 (2)

[8]

Scenedesmus obliquus CNW-N

2.5

0

0

±N (4 mM)

0.55

1.88c (7)

0.27c (7)

49.4c (7)

[65]

Synechococcus sp. PCC 7002

2

168

0

±N (15 mM)

1.0 (7)

3.5d (7)

0.50d (7)

49.8d (7)

[66]

Arthrospira platensis

0.04

16.8

0

±N (3 mM)

0.46 (3.5)

1.03d (3.5)

0.29d (3.5)

65d (3.5)

[67]

Tetraselmis subcordiformis

2

1

0

−N

0.89 (2)

1.52 (2)

0.73 (2)

58.1 (2)

This study

2

1

0

±N (10 mM)

0.82 (8)

4.14 (8)

0.51 (8)

58.6 (8)

 
  1. aThe number in the parentheses represented the cultivation day used for calculation and comparison
  2. bData unavailable
  3. cData represented the total carbohydrate
  4. dData represented the glycogen from cyanobacteria