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Table 2.

Final biomass concentration, predicted final biomass concentration, and growth rate of N. oceanica and N. limnetica cultures on autoclaved and non-autoclaved DPBP medium. A-NO: N. oceanica cultivation on autoclaved DPBP medium, A-NL: N. limnetica cultivation on autoclaved DPBP medium, and NA-NL: N. limnetica cultivation on non-autoclaved DPBP medium.

	Final biomass concentration (g L⁻¹)	Predicted final biomass concentration Y_m (g L⁻¹)	Maximum specific growth rate µ_m (day⁻¹)
A-NO	0.028 ± 0.002	n/a*	n/a
A-NL	1.363 ± 0.011^a	1.371 ± 0.066	0.256 ± 0.042
NA-NL	1.055 ± 0.012^b	1.090 ± 0.103	0.148 ± 0.032

*n/a Curve cannot be fitted using the selected growth model.

All results are reported as mean of n ± std. n = 2 biological replicates × 2 analytical replicates = 4. Statistical test was applied on the differences in final biomass concentration between A-NL and NA-NL. Since the difference was found to be statistically significant (p < 0.05), it was denoted with different letters in the column (a or b).