Table 2.

Total dry cell weight, lipid contents, and lipid yields of C.reinhardtii grown under various concentrations of the MEK inhibitor pd98059.

Inhibitor	DCW (g/L)		FAME contents (% w/w)		FAME yield (g/L)
Conc.(mM)	3 day	5 day	3 day	5 day	3 day	5 day
0	0.9 ± 0.03	0.93 ± 0.09	9.97 ± 0.77	11.83 ± 0.07	0.09 ± 0.01	0.11 ± 0.01
0.04	0.8 ± 0.01*	0.83 ± 0.01	9.99 ± 1.12	8.42 ± 1.10*	0.08 ± 0.01	0.07 ± 0.01*

Data are expressed as mean ± SD (n = 3). Significant differences, as determined by Student’s t-test, are indicated by an asterisk (*P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001).