Table 1.

Fatty acid profile of wild type N. Salina and FACs sorted EMS mutated populations. Data expressed as means ± standard deviation (n = 4).

		Fatty acids (% total FAME)
		C14:0	C16:0	C16:1	C18:0	C18:1	C18:2	C20:4	C20:5
Exponential	NBF1	3.1 ± 0.0	31.6 ± 0.2	37.0 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.2	4.5 ± 0.0	2.0 ± 0.0	4.2 ± 0.3	13.7 ± 0.3
	NBF2	2.8 ± 0.0	36.5 ± 0.5	36.2 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.1	5.2 ± 0.3	1.9 ± 0.1	3.7 ± 0.1	9.3 ± 0.2
	NBF3	3.0 ± 0.0	32.7 ± 0.9	34.7 ± 0.5	1.6 ± 0.1	3.6 ± 0.2	2.0 ± 0.0	5.0 ± 0.1	14.1 ± 0.3
	NBF4	2.9 ± 0.1	36.3 ± 1.0	35.4 ± 0.5	1.4 ± 0.1	5.4 ± 0.4	1.8 ± 0.0	3.8 ± 0.1	10.0 ± 0.2
	NBF5	3.5 ± 0.0	28.9 ± 0.3	36.1 ± 0.4	1.3 ± 0.1	4.0 ± 0.5	2.1 ± 0.0	4.7 ± 0.1	16.7 ± 0.2
	NBF6	2.8 ± 0.0	36.6 ± 0.3	35.8 ± 0.3	1.5 ± 0.0	4.6 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.0	4.1 ± 0.1	10.2 ± 0.1
	NBF7	2.4 ± 0.0	38.5 ± 0.5	36.5 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.0	5.0 ± 0.3	1.7 ± 0.0	3.2 ± 0.1	7.9 ± 0.1
	NBF8	2.2 ± 0.0	37.1 ± 0.2	36.4 ± 0.3	1.9 ± 0.1	4.5 ± 0.6	2.0 ± 0.0	3.6 ± 0.1	9.3 ± 0.1
	WT	3.9 ± 0.1	24.8 ± 1.0	32.2 ± 1.0	1.1 ± 0.1	3.1 ± 0.6	2.7 ± 0.0	4.8 ± 0.2	24.3 ± 0.3
Stationary	NBF1	1.4 ± 0.0	38.4 ± 0.1	38.3 ± 0.1	1.9 ± 0.0	13.5 ± 0.1	1.8 ± 0.0	0.3 ± 0.2	2.6 ± 0.2
	NBF2	1.4 ± 0.0	38.9 ± 0.3	37.7 ± 0.5	2.0 ± 0.1	13.2 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.0	0.4 ± 0.0	2.8 ± 0.0
	NBF3	1.3 ± 0.0	37.5 ± 0.1	37.6 ± 0.3	2.1 ± 0.0	14.4 ± 0.2	2.1 ± 0.0	0.2 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.1
	NBF4	1.7 ± 0.0	38.5 ± 1.0	37.2 ± 1.3	1.8 ± 0.1	13.6 ± 0.3	1.6 ± 0.0	0.4 ± 0.3	3.2 ± 0.0
	NBF5	1.9 ± 0.0	38.8 ± 0.1	37.0 ± 0.0	2.0 ± 0.0	12.8 ± 0.0	1.8 ± 0.0	0.4 ± 0.0	3.4 ± 0.0
	NBF6	1.5 ± 0.0	38.3 ± 0.1	37.8 ± 0.2	1.8 ± 0.0	14.6 ± 0.2	1.5 ± 0.0	0.3 ± 0.2	2.8 ± 0.0
	NBF7	1.3 ± 0.0	40.1 ± 0.4	37.5 ± 0.8	1.9 ± 0.0	12.9 ± 0.2	1.7 ± 0.0	0.4 ± 0.2	2.7 ± 0.0
	NBF8	1.3 ± 0.0	39.2 ± 0.5	38.0 ± 0.8	2.1 ± 0.0	13.8 ± 0.1	0.6 ± 1.1	0.2 ± 0.2	3.1 ± 0.1
	WT	2.4 ± 0.1	38.8 ± 0.6	36.5 ± 0.6	1.5 ± 0.1	11.7 ± 0.3	2.0 ± 0.0	0.0 ± 0.0	5.5 ± 0.2