Table 5. Variance decomposition for median protein, lipid and carbohydrate as percent dry weight for nutrient-sufficient exponentially growing cultures into % within species (residual error), % among species within phyla and % among phyla.

	% within species (residual error)	% among species, within phyla	% among phyla
Protein	42	31	25
Lipid	43	32	23
CHO	41	32	25