Table 4.
Effect of phosphorus availability and starvation conditions on biomass yield, lipid content and fatty acids in algae.
| Microalgae Strain | Initial Phosphorus Available |
Final Phosphorus Starvation |
Cultivation of Algae (Days) | Biomass Yield | Lipid Content |
Fatty Acid | Higher Fatty Acids | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phormidium sp. | 0.02 g/L | -- | 15 | 0.130 g | 27.9% | 34.667%, 11.266%, 27.912%, |
C16:0, C18:0 C20:2, |
[54] |
| Chlorella sp. | 32 μM | -- | 22 | 2 g/L | 23.60% | 35.48%, 33.90% |
C16:0, C18:0 |
[55] |
| C. ellipsoidea, C. infusionum | 1.5 g/L | -- | 30 | 1.56 ± 0.06 g/L, 2.17 ± 0.12 g/L |
41.8 ± 1.9%, 31.3 ± 1.0% |
21.62 ± 0.94%, 30.32 ± 2.68% |
C18:1, | [49] |
| Rhodosporidium kratochvilovae | 0.05 g/L | -- | 10 | 12.65 ± 0.12 g/L | 51.7 ± 0.81% | 10.36 ± 0.59% 66.79 ± 0.21% 10.48 ± 0.43% |
C18:0, C18:1, C18:2 |
[32] |
| C. reinhardtii | 0 μg/mg | -- | 7 | 1.1 g/L | 105.00 μg/mg | 35.86 ± 0.25 μg/mg, 22.12 ± 0.12 μg/mg, 22.84 ± 0.08 μg/mg |
C16:0, C18:2, C18:3 |
[4] |
| Scenedesmus sp. | 2mg/L | -- | 9 | 0.6 g/L | 41.0% | NR | C16:0, C18:1 |
[6] |
| C. reinhardtii | 0.4 mg/L | -- | 14 | 0.08 mg/L | NR | 56% 28.8% |
C16:0, C18:3 |
[56] |
| Nannochloropsis oceanica | 0 g/L | -- | 6 | 2.5 mg/L | 337 mg/g | 37.3 ± 0.1%, 30.8 ± 0.3%, 10.7 ± 0.8%. |
C16:0, C16:1, C20:5 |
[57] |
| N. oceanica | 0 g/L | -- | 14 | 0.29 g/L | 23.7% | 13.93%, 26.31% |
C18:1, C16:1. |
[41] |