Table 4.
Total amount of lipophilic extract, lipophilic extract to chlorophyll ratios, and estimates of intracellular lipids and accumulated hydrocarbons in various Botryococcus strains and Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
| Strain | Total lipophilic extract (% of dw) | Total lipophilic extract to Chl ratio, w/w | Membrane lipids (% of dw) | Accumulated hydrocarbons (% of dw) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. braunii var. Showa | 33.9 | 69.2 | 5.0 | 28.9 |
| B. braunii Kawaguchi-1 | 28.4 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 19.4 |
| B. braunii Yamanaka | 18.0 | 46.2 | 3.9 | 14.1 |
| B. braunii UTEX 2441 | 16.7 | 44.0 | 3.9 | 12.8 |
| B. braunii UTEX LB572 | 15.9 | 24.8 | 6.4 | 9.5 |
| B. sudeticus (UTEX 2629) | 19.3 | 12.0 | 16.1 | 3.2 |
| C. reinhardtii (CC503) | 20.5 | 10.0 | 20.5 | – |