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Table 1. Growth constant µ (h⁻¹) estimated by OD₇₅₀ or flow cytometry (FC).

	Chlamydomonas reinhardtii		Chlorella vulgaris ^†
Initial OD₇₅₀	µ (OD₇₅₀)×10³ h⁻¹	µ (FC)×10³ h⁻¹	µ (OD₇₅₀)×10³ h⁻¹	µ (FC)×10³ h⁻¹ ^†
0.025	24.6±4.4 (0.61)^*	44.3±4.4 (0.77)	20.6±5.2 (0.46)	107.6±10.1 (0.94)
0.1	39.1±3.8 (0.92)	55.5±2.6 (0.95)	29.6±2.2 (0.85)	57.6±3.8 (0.94)

*+/− SEM with r² value in parentheses.

^†

Although fitted with an exponential model, cell replication (seen by flow cytometry) is not truly exponential but reflects the number of daughter cells per replication cycle.

Table 1. Growth constant µ (h−1) estimated by OD750 or flow cytometry (FC).

Table 1. Growth constant µ (h⁻¹) estimated by OD₇₅₀ or flow cytometry (FC).