Table 1.

Proximate biochemical composition (percentage of dry weight) of Cyclotella cryptica biomass (n = 2, unless otherwise specified)

Mode of growth	Heterotrophic (present study)	Photoautotrophic (Darley 1977)
Protein	26.0 ± 0.2	31
Carbohydrate	35.8 ± 1.2	26
Lipid	16.5a	12
Ash	24.6 ± 0.2	n.r.

Biomass cultivated in 250 mL Erlenmeyer flasks containing 100 mL media and agitated on an orbital mixer at 100 rpm

n.r. not recorded

^an = 1