Table 1. Quantification of chlorophyll release by detergent treatment.

Example of quantification of chlorophyll release in the supernatant from cell wall–less (CC-503) and cell-walled (CC-125) cells treated with Triton X-100.

	OD662nm of the cell suspension (OD1)	OD662nm of the supernatant (OD2)	Efficiency (OD1/OD2, %)	Average efficiency (%)
CC-503	0.27	0.183	67.7	67.7
	0.261	0.187	71.6
	0.276	0.176	63.8
CC-125 control	0.21	0.033	15.7	15.9
	0.208	0.032	15.4
	0.212	0.035	16.5