. 2023 Nov 6;13(21):3431. doi: 10.3390/ani13213431

Table 3.

Essential amino acid composition of algae biomass harvested from different microalgae species (Scenedesmus sp., Ankistrodesmus, and Synechococcaceae) and cultivation practices.

Main Effects	Arginine	Threonine	Valine	Isoleucine	Leucine	Methionine	Lysine	Phenylalanine	Histidine
Algae species
Scenedesmus sp. (A1)	0.71 ^c	0.92 ^b	0.76 ^b	0.38 ^b	1.30 ^b	0.22 ^c	1.06 ^a	0.76 ^b	0.40 ^a
Ankistrodesmus sp. (A2)	0.76 ^b	0.66 ^c	0.60 ^c	0.34 ^c	1.29 ^c	0.26 ^b	0.96 ^c	0.65 ^c	0.32 ^c
Synechococcaceae (A3)	1.34 ^a	1.08 ^a	0.97 ^a	0.68 ^a	1.66 ^a	0.36 ^a	0.99 ^b	0.94 ^a	0.36 ^b
SEM	0.0003	0.0004	0.002	0.0007	0.001	0.0002	0.0002	0.004	0.0001
Cultivation
Batch	0.71 ^b	0.67 ^b	0.64 ^b	0.37 ^b	1.24 ^b	0.21 ^b	0.89 ^b	0.67 ^b	0.31 ^b
Continuous	1.16 ^a	1.11 ^a	0.91 ^a	0.56 ^a	1.59 ^a	0.35 ^a	1.12 ^a	0.90 ^a	0.41 ^a
SEM	0.0002	0.0004	0.001	0.0006	0.001	0.0002	0.0002	0.003	0.0001
Algae species × Cultivation modes
A1 × Batch	0.57 ^f	0.79 ^d	0.60 ^e	0.29 ^e	1.10 ^f	0.21 ^e	0.93 ^d	0.59 ^e	0.33 ^c
A2 × Batch	0.60 ^e	0.45 ^f	0.54 ^f	0.27 ^f	1.24 ^e	0.21 ^e	0.88 ^e	0.60 ^e	0.31 ^d
A3 × Batch	0.97 ^b	0.75 ^e	0.78 ^c	0.56 ^b	1.38 ^c	0.22 ^d	0.85 ^f	0.82 ^c	0.29 ^e
A1 × Continuous	0.85 ^d	1.05 ^b	0.92 ^b	0.47 ^c	1.50 ^b	0.23 ^c	1.19 ^a	0.92 ^b	0.47 ^a
A2 × Continuous	0.91 ^c	0.87 ^c	0.66 ^d	0.42 ^d	1.34 ^d	0.31 ^b	1.04 ^c	0.71 ^d	0.33 ^c
A3 × Continuous	1.71 ^a	1.41 ^a	1.16 ^a	0.81 ^a	1.94 ^a	0.50 ^a	1.15 ^b	1.07 ^a	0.42 ^b
SEM	0.0003	0.0007	0.002	0.001	0.002	0.0002	0.0003	0.006	0.0002
p-Values
Algae species	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Cultivation modes	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001
Algae × Cultivation	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001	0.0001

^a–f Differences in letters within columns indicate significant differences among the experimental groups.