. 2021 Oct 18;10(10):1060. doi: 10.3390/biology10101060

Table 4.

The effect of light stress on fatty acid composition of different microalgae.

Investigated Light Intensity, μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹	Effective Light Intensity for Fatty Acid Synthesis, μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹	Species	TFA	SFA	MUFA	PUFA		References
Investigated Light Intensity, μmol photons m⁻² s⁻¹		Species	TFA	SFA	MUFA	Total PUFA	Individual Fatty Acid	References
20, 100, 340	20	Diacronema lutheri (=Pavlova lutheri)				↑	↑EPA	[110]
37.5, 62.5, 100	37.5	Chlorella vulgaris			↑	↑		[111]
37.5, 62.5, 100	100	Chlorella vulgaris		↑				[111]
150, 750	150	Phaeodactylum tricornutum				↑	↑EPA	[102]
50, 125, 300	300	Chlorella vulgaris, Tetradesmus obliquus			↑18:1		↓18:3	[86]
50, 125, 325	325	Isochrysis galbana		↑16:0	↑18:0	↓	↓LA, ↓ALA, ↓SDA	[85]
20, 100, 340	340	Diacronema lutheri		↑		↑	↑DHA	[110]
35, 200, 400	400	Lobosphaera incisa	↑			↑	↑ARA	[88]
30, 100, 400	400	Entomoneis paludosa, Nitzschia alexandrina, Staurosira sp.				↓	↓ARA, ↓EPA	[95]
200, 500	500	Chlorella sp.	↑					[96]
80, 500	500	Nostoc carneum (=Nostoc spongiaeforme), Phormidium corium	↓					[112]
60,195, 330, 465, 600	600	Rhodomonas sp.				↑	↑EPA, ↑DHA	[84]
150, 750	750	Phaeodactylum tricornutum		↑		↓		[102]
5, 25, 50, 100, 250, 850	850	Microchloropsis salina	↑	↑			↓EPA	[43]
250, 2000	2000	Lobosphaera incisa					↑ARA	[77]

Down arrow ↓ means decrease, up arrow ↑ means increase.