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Table 1 Fatty acid composition of wild-type strain and ∆PLD1 strain at late stages of fermentation

From: Knockout of a PLD gene in Schizochytrium limacinum SR21 enhances docosahexaenoic acid accumulation by modulation of the phospholipid profile

Fatty acid	120 h			144 h
Fatty acid	WT	∆PLD1	Significance	WT	∆PLD1	Significance
C14:0	3.38 ± 0.03	3.78 ± 0.02	**	3.20 ± 0.07	3.78 ± 0.08	**
C15:0	1.27 ± 0.03	0.96 ± 0.01	**	1.24 ± 0.04	0.94 ± 0.01	**
C16:0	49.76 ± 0.20	43.20 ± 0.20	**	49.05 ± 0.34	42.96 ± 0.99	**
C17:0	0.48 ± 0.01	0.30 ± 0.00	**	0.49 ± 0.02	0.30 ± 0.00	**
C18:0	1.74 ± 0.01	1.67 ± 0.02	**	1.85 ± 0.03	1.63 ± 0.01	**
EPA	0.39 ± 0.03	0.36 ± 0.00		0.48 ± 0.01	0.39 ± 0.01	**
DPA	6.92 ± 0.03	8.32 ± 0.01	**	7.10 ± 0.09	8.38 ± 0.13	*
DHA	33.11 ± 0.16	37.52 ± 0.18	**	33.52 ± 0.31	37.69 ± 0.80	**
Others	2.94 ± 0.12	3.89 ± 0.11	*	3.09 ± 0.09	3.94 ± 0.18	**
SFAs	56.63 ± 0.20	49.91 ± 0.23	**	55.81 ± 0.48	49.60 ± 1.10	**
PUFAs	40.43 ± 0.16	46.19 ± 0.19	**	41.10 ± 0.41	46.46 ± 0.92	**

When p > 0.05, the difference is insignificant; when 0.01 < p < 0.05, the difference is significant and represented by *; when p < 0.01, the difference is extremely significant and represented by **

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