Table 1. Fatty Acid Composition of Common Plant Oils (Palm, Rapeseed, and Soybean) and C. cryptica^a.

fatty acids	Cyclotella cryptica	palm	rapeseed	soybean
12:0	0	0	0	0
14:0	2.1 ± 0.3	1.1	0	0.1
16:1 ω-7	56.6 ± 4.2	0.2	0.1	0.2
16:0	25.6 ± 3.5	42.5	4.2	11.6
18:3 ω-3	0	0.3	8.4	5.9
18:2 ω-6	0.3 ± 0.1	9.5	21.5	53.8
18:1 ω-9	3.6 ± 1.2	41.3	59.5	23.7
20:5 ω-3	11.8 ± 1.0	0	0	0
SFA (%TFA)	27.8	43.60	4.20	11.70
MUFA (%TFA)	60.2	41.50	59.60	23.90
PUFA (%TFA)	11.9	9.80	29.90	59.70

^aGrown by a repeated-batch process for 42 days (six cycles) under the heterotrophic conditions described in the legend of Figure 1. Data are expressed as means ± SD, n = 36. SFA = Saturated Fatty Acids; MUFA = MonoUnsaturated Fatty Acids; PUFA = PolyUnsaturated Fatty Acids, TFA= Total Fatty Acids.