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Table 2.

Production of biomass and astaxanthin by C. zofingiensis and other organisms.

Strain	Culture Conditions ^a	Cell Density (g·L⁻¹)	Biomass Productivity (g·L⁻¹·day⁻¹)	Astaxanthin Content (mg·g⁻¹ Dry Weight)	Astaxanthin Yield (mg·L⁻¹)	Astaxanthin Productivity (mg·L⁻¹·day⁻¹)	References
C. zofingiensis
CCAP211/14	P, batch	6.7	0.74	3.7	24.8	2.8	[11]
SAG211/14	P, batch	-	-	6.5	-	0.8	[66]
ATCC30412	M, batch	9.5	-	1.3	12.5	-	[104]
ATCC30412	H, batch	10.2	-	1.0	10.3	-	[12]
ATCC30412	H, fed-batch	53	3.5	0.69	32.4	2.2	[13]
ATCC30412	H, batch	12.9	1.6	1.18	13.6	1.7	[117]
ATCC30412	H, batch	10.3	2.1	1.31	13.5	2.3	[7]
ATCC30412	H, fed-batch	45.6	4.7	1.19	56.1	5.6	[7]
H. pluvialis
CCAP34/7	P, batch	1.6	0.02	27	43.2	0.44	[111]
UTEX16	M, batchM, fed-batch	2.652.74	0.130.14	20.123.5	53.464.4	2.63.2	[6]
CCAP34/7	P, batch	-	-	22.7	-	2.7	[66]
CCAP34/8	P, batch	7.0	0.41	11.0	77	4.4	[120]
CCAP34/8	P, continuous	-	0.6	8	-	5.6	[121]
NIES-144	P, fed-batch	6.7	0.2	36	390	7.2	[122]
CCAP34/8	P, continuous	1.5	0.7	10	15	7	[123]
X. dendrorhous
ATCC24202	H, fed-batch	30	5.1	0.72	21.6	3.7	[124]
NRRL Y17268	H, Batch	23.2	3.4	0.45	10.4	1.5	[125]
ATCC24202	H, fed-batch	18.8	4.7	0.3	5.7	1.4	[126]
2A2N ^b	H, batch	36	7.2	1.1	39.6	7.9	[127]
ZJUT46 ^b	H, batch	15.7	2.85	1.74	27.1	5.0	[128]
ZJUT46 ^b	H, fed-batch	17.7	3.2	2.0	34.4	6.4	[129]
E5042 ^b	H, batch	30.7	5.4	2.5	76.8	13.5	[130]
VKPM Y2476 ^b	M, fed-batch	88	9.7	4.7	420	45.6	[131]

^a P, photoautrophic, M, mixotrophic, H, heterotrophic; ^b mutants.