TABLE 3.
Fatty acid composition of C. reinhardtii cells during 120 h of sulfur depletion
Average values (micrograms/ml culture) from three biological replicates are shown. Double bond indicates distance from the terminal methyl group.
| Fatty acid | Period of sulfur depletion (h) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 96 | 120 | |
| μg/ml culture | ||||||
| 14:0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 |
| 16:0 | 13.6 | 27.6 | 26.5 | 27.1 | 25.1 | 23.7 |
| 16:1ω9c | 2.3 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 7 | 6.4 | 6 |
| 16:1ω7c | 0.7 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2 | 1.8 | 1.7 |
| 16:2ω6,9cc | 1.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4 | 3.5 | 3.8 |
| 16:3ω6,9,13 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.2 |
| 16:3ω3,6,9,1ccc | 1.3 | 2.9 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 |
| 16:4ω3,6,9,13 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 6.7 | 7 | 5.3 | 5.5 |
| 18:0 | 2.4 | 4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.4 |
| 18:1ω9c | 4 | 14.6 | 11.6 | 11.7 | 11.2 | 11 |
| 18:1ω7c | 4.8 | 9.9 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 8.9 |
| 18:2ω6,9cc | 4.7 | 19.4 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 18 | 19.1 |
| 18:3ω3,6,9cc | 13.6 | 16.5 | 13.6 | 13.3 | 10 | 10.1 |
| Total fatty acid (μg/ml) | 57.6 | 116.7 | 106.9 | 110 | 97.2 | 96.8 |