Table 1.

Cellular C and N contents of T. bernardii under herterotrophic culture

		Day 1	Day 2	Day 3	Day 4	Day 5	Day 6	Day 7	Day 8	Day 9
NaNO3- 15 mM	C	44.38 ± 0.54	45.05 ± 0.27	46.41 ± 0.34	47.26 ± 0.21	48.73 ± 0.17	50.09 ± 0.20	50.61 ± 0.15	51.16 ± 0.22	52.51 ± 0.31
	N	4.66 ± 0.24	3.62 ± 0.31	2.24 ± 0.27	1.35 ± 0.42	1.51 ± 0.19	1.13 ± 0.07	1.17 ± 0.10	1.14 ± 0.06	1.19 ± 0.12
	C/N	9.53	12.43	20.75	34.93	32.22	44.19	43.15	44.88	44.12
NaNO3- 45 mM	C	44.63 ± 0.27	45.14 ± 0.33	46.15 ± 0.41	46.76 ± 0.18	47.38 ± 0.35	48.5 ± 0.22	49.34 ± 0.18	49.68 ± 0.19	50.39 ± 0.25
	N	4.93 ± 0.12	4.60 ± 0.24	4.32 ± 0.31	4.30 ± 0.43	2.56 ± 0.41	2.36 ± 0.17	2.05 ± 0.11	2.09 ± 0.16	2.09 ± 0.20
	C/N	9.06	9.82	10.69	10.87	18.5	20.59	24.04	23.77	24.11
Urea-N- 15 mM	C	41.92 ± 0.36	44.26 ± 0.28	46.29 ± 0.54	45.67 ± 0.17	45.41 ± 0.21	46.46 ± 0.22	46.99 ± 0.19	47.66 ± 0.24	48.54 ± 0.36
	N	3.19 ± 0.24	4.23 ± 0.31	5.60 ± 0.43	3.83 ± 0.26	2.94 ± 0.17	2.07 ± 0.22	1.93 ± 0.14	1.35 ± 0.08	1.27 ± 0.10
	C/N	13.12	10.46	8.26	11.93	15.42	22.46	24.40	35.30	38.22
Urea-N- 45 mM	C	44.74 ± 0.24	44.50 ± 0.18	45.51 ± 0.32	46.15 ± 0.41	46.47 ± 0.37	47.05 ± 0.31	47.74 ± 0.44	48.07 ± 0.28	48.37 ± 0.26
	N	3.39 ± 0.21	4.29 ± 0.34	5.29 ± 0.37	5.78 ± 0.18	3.62 ± 0.21	2.52 ± 0.16	2.14 ± 0.10	1.81 ± 0.11	1.61 ± 0.09
	C/N	13.20	10.37	8.60	7.99	12.85	18.70	22.32	26.56	30.02