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. 2021 Feb 14;10(2):393. doi: 10.3390/cells10020393

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]