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. 2011 Mar 27;88(9):1329–1338. doi: 10.1007/s11746-011-1799-7

Table 3.

Fatty acid profiles of selected algae

Algae Mallomonas splendens Nannochloropsis oculata Chrysochromulina sp. Emiliania huxleyi Rhodomonas sp. Prorocentrum micans
%a C14:0 13.9 ± 0.3 0.9 ± 0.0 16.9 ± 0.4 4.4 ± 0.1 1.1 ± 0.0 0.9 ± 0.0
% C16:0 7.0 ± 0.2 10.4 ± 0.3 24.0 ± 0.6 4.1 ± 0.1 3.5 ± 0.1 14.7 ± 0.4
% C16:1 6.1 ± 0.3 14.1 ± 0.6 5.8 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.1 0.5 ± 0.0 1.4 ± 0.1
% C18:0 1.1 ± 0.1 0.4 ± 0.0 4.6 ± 0.2 0.3 ± 0.0 0.2 ± 0.0 0.6 ± 0.0
% C18:1 9.8 ± 1.8 1.7 ± 0.3 3.7 ± 0.5 6.6 ± 1.2 0.7 ± 0.1 1.2 ± 0.2
% C18:2 12.4 ± 0.4 1.7 ± 0.1 25.7 ± 0.4 1.4 ± 0.0 1.3 ± 0.0 2.4 ± 0.1
% C18:3 12.9 ± 0.9 0.5 ± 0.0 2.5 ± 0.1 2.5 ± 0.2 3.6 ± 0.2 1.2 ± 0.1
% C18:4/5 4.4 ± 0.2 0.2 ± 0.0 6.6 ± 0.4 7.3 ± 0.3 20.7 ± 1.0 15.0 ± 0.7
% C20:4 ND 9.5 ± 0.5 2.9 ± 0.1 3.8 ± 0.2 44.1 ± 2.3 3.3 ± 0.2
% C20:5 ND 60.7 ± 3.1 2.8 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.1 4.0 ± 0.2 2.5 ± 0.1
% C22:5 14.6 ± 1.0 ND 1.6 ± 0.1 53.4 ± 3.5 14.5 ± 0.1 41.9 ± 2.8
% C22:6 17.8 ± 0.8 ND 2.9 ± 0.1 12.7 ± 0.6 5.7 ± 0.3 14.8 ± 0.7
FA/Cell (pg) 66.5 ± 4.0 1.15 ± 0.07 7.51 ± 0.45 3.17 ± 0.19 128 ± 8 51.5 ± 3.1
Harvest density (×105 mL−1) 1.1 164.0 6.52 48.8 1.9 1.9

ND not detected

aPercent of total fatty acid