Table 1.
Specific growth rate, mean biomass in stationary phase, mean cellular domoic acid (DA), for P. multiseries CCL70 and P. australis PNC1 grown on nitrate, ammonium, urea, arginine, glutamine, glutamate and taurine (the latter for P. australis only); nd = not detectable; n = 2 ± SE.
| P. multiseries CCL70 | P. australis PNC1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specific Growth Rate µ (day−1) | Mean Biomass in Stationary Phase (103 Cells mL−1) | Mean DA (pg·Cell−1) | Specific Growth Rate µ (day−1) | Mean Biomass in Stationary Phase (103 Cells mL−1) | Mean DA (fg·Cell−1) | |
| Nitrate | 0.80 ± 0.32 | 109.0 ± 32.0 | 1.12 ± 0.23 | 0.48 ± 0.003 | 336.0 ± 3.2 | 14.5 ± 0.1 |
| Urea | 0.60 ± 0.01 | 123.0 ± 4.1 | 1.62 ± 0.09 | 0.44 ± 0.01 | 336.0 ± 6.8 | 10.9 ± 0.5 |
| Ammonium | 1.12 ± 0.12 | 161.0 ± 6.5 | 0.17 ± 0.02 | 0.56 ± 0.003 | 191.0 ± 2.6 | 22.7 ± 2.4 |
| Arginine | 0.63 ± 0.01 | 139.0 ± 2.4 | 0.49 ± 0.01 | 0.47 ± 0.02 | 360.0 ± 9.4 | nd |
| Glutamine | 0.59 ± 0.01 | 114.0 ± 6.3 | 0.22 ± 0.02 | 0.60 ± 0.01 | 157.0 ± 3.5 | nd |
| Glutamate | 0.08 ± 0.03 | 14.0 ± 3.7 | nd | 0.37 ± 0.03 | 136.0 ± 28.0 | 30.3 ± 3.9 |
| Taurine | - | - | - | 0.33 ± 0.02 | 365.0 ± 25.0 | nd |