Table 2.
Fatty acid analysis of algae co-cultured with bacteria, pure algae, and pure bacteria.
| Fatty acid composition | Content (%) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. reinhardtii | A. chroococcum | C. reinhardtii + A. chroococcum | ||
| Saturated fatty acids (SFA) | C8:0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.07 |
| C10:0 | 0.02 | 0.14 | 0.23 | |
| C11:0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
| C12:0 | 0.09 | 7.88 | 1.57 | |
| C13:0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | |
| C14:0 | 2.00 | 12.43 | 4.00 | |
| C15:0 | 0.42 | 0.11 | 0.23 | |
| C16:0 | 12.79 | 8.15 | 12.89 | |
| C17:0 | 1.22 | 0.26 | 0.97 | |
| C18:0 | 19.72 | 2.24 | 47.16 | |
| C19:0 | 3.67 | 10.97 | 4.57 | |
| C20:0 | 0.57 | 0.01 | 2.35 | |
| C21:0 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
| C22:0 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.56 | |
| C23:0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | |
| C24:0 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.30 | |
| Monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) | C14:1 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.06 |
| C15:1 | 0.18 | 0.00 | 0.09 | |
| C16:1 | 1.40 | 38.20 | 3.94 | |
| C17:1 | 0.18 | 0.49 | 0.10 | |
| C20:1 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.14 | |
| Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) | C18:2 | 2.24 | 0.00 | 1.28 |
| C18:3 | 49.65 | 0.01 | 17.47 | |
| C20:2 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.02 | |
| C20:3 | 0.15 | 0.00 | 0.04 | |
| C20:4 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.02 | |