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. 2015 Feb 22;8:28. doi: 10.1186/s13068-015-0212-4

Table 1.

Chemical and biochemical parameters analyzed in cultures of 17 marine diatoms compared to other marine microalgae

Class Microalae Onset stationary phase (days) Duplication time (h) Biomass productivity (mg L −1 day −1 ) Lipid productivity (mg L −1 day −1 ) Percentage of lipids Percentage of FFA Percentage of TAG Percentage of GL Percentage of PL
Bacillariophyceae Chaetoceros curvisetus CCMP 3260 7 18 13.22 ± 0.66 1.97 ± 0.04 14.86 ± 0.31 100
Chaetoceros socialis CCMP 3263 7 16 2.47 ± 0.07 0.19 ± 0.01 7.63 ± 0.23 100
Chaetoceros affinis CCMP 3259 7 17 4.13 ± 0.17 0.50 ± 0.01 12.11 ± 0.30 100
Thalassiosira rotula CCMP 1647 7 17 5.44 ± 0.33 0.43 ± 0.01 7.95 ± 0.26 100
Thalassiosira rotula CCMP 3264 7 19 4.35 ± 0.22 0.54 ± 0.02 12.42 ± 0.37 100
Thalassiosira weissflogii P09 6 16 24.29 ± 0.97 7.27 ± 0.28 29.94 ± 1.17 3.0 ± 0.2 51.0 ± 3.2 30.0 ± 1.0 16.0 ± 1.0
Thalassiosira weissflogii CCMP 1010 6 22 12.53 ± 0.44 4.87 ± 0.10 38.84 ± 0.78 8.0 ± 0.3 53.0 ± 1.9 21.0 ± 1.3 18.0 ± 1.1
Thalassiosira weissflogii CCMP 1336 6 24 14.84 ± 0.45 3.48 ± 0.10 23.48 ± 0.66 5.0 ± 0.3 45.0 ± 3.2 31.0 ± 1.3 19.0 ± 1.1
Thalassiosira pseudonana CCMP 1335 8 24 5.87 ± 0.24 1.72 ± 0.07 29.33 ± 1.17 5.0 ± 0.3 19.0 ± 0.9 55.0 ± 1.8 21.0 ± 1.0
Cyclotella cryptica CCMP 331 13 48 7.11 ± 0.14 2.98 ± 0.09 41.97 ± 1.26 0 55.0 ± 2.1 24.0 ± 1.7 21.0 ± 1.0
Skeletonema marinoi CCMP 2092 7 23 9.02 ± 0.54 0.85 ± 0.02 9.38 ± 0.23 100
Skeletonema marinoi CCMP 2052 7 16 7.17 ± 0.27 0.66 ± 0.03 9.14 ± 0.43 100
Cylindrotheca fusiformis CCMP 343 7 15 27.27 ± 1.09 4.78 ± 0.18 17.51 ± 0.67 7.0 ± 0.2 18.0 ± 0.7 54.0 ± 3.2 21.0 ± 0.5
Phaeodactylum tricornutum CCMP 632 11 29 22.44 ± 0.90 2.09 ± 0.06 9.32 ± 0.28 11.0 ± 0.7 19.0 ± 0.6 44.0 ± 2.1 26.0 ± 1.0
Pseudo-nitzschia pseudodelicatissima B317 10 15 4.12 ± 0.11 0.56 ± 0.03 13.50 ± 0.81 100
Ditylum brightwelli CCMP 358 12 34 4.66 ± 0.28 0.57 ± 0.03 12.20 ± 0.71 52.0 ± 3.6 19.0 ± 0.8 29.0 ± 1.8
Melosira octogona CCMP 483 10 25 9.10 ± 0.44 1.88 ± 0.11 20.60 ± 1.24 2.0 ± 0.1 29.0 ± 1.8 38.0 ± 1.2 31.0 ± 1.9
Eustigmatophyceae Nannochloropsis salina CCMP 369 21 44 33.09 ± 1.16 7.27 ± 0.31 21.98 ± 0.92 14.0 ± 0.5 20.0 ± 0.5 39.0 ± 2.3 27.0 ± 1.6
Chlorophyceae Dunaliella salina CCAP19/18 20 83 19.79 ± 0.99 5.22 ± 0.17 26.36 ± 0.87 6.0 ± 0.3 7.0 ± 0.3 49.0 ± 2.1 38.0 ± 2.3
Dunaliella tertiolecta CCMP 1320 14 51 36.42 ± 1.02 9.71 ± 0.44 26.65 ± 1.20 5.0 ± 0.2 17.0 ± 1.2 53.0 ± 1.7 25.0 ± 1.1
Chlamydomonas sp. CCMP 222 12 30 14.26 ± 0.53 2.98 ± 0.15 20.92 ± 1.05 3.0 ± 0.2 7.0 ± 0.3 60.0 ± 3.7 30.0 ± 1.0

Duplication time, biomass and lipid productivity (mg L−1 day−1), percentage of lipids (percentage of dry weight), percentage of FFA, and percentage of TAG (percentage of total lipid extract) were used for PCA analysis. FFA, free fatty acid; GL, glycolipid; PL, phospholipid; TAG, triacylglycerol.