Table 5.

Biomass and β-carotene of D. salina grown with various carbon substrates reported by the literature and in this work.

Substrate	Biomass	β-Carotene	Reference
Inorganic	1.0–5.0 × 106 cells mL−1	4–8 pg cell−1	[58,59]
Glucose	0.99 g L−1	8.03 mg g−1	[12]
Acetate	1.0–1.2 × 106 cells mL−1	<5 pg cell−1	[13]
Glycerol	1.0 × 106 cells mL−1	0.94 pg cell−1	[28]
	4.0–5.0 × 106 cells mL−1	0.8–1.0 pg cell−1	[20]
	2.15 × 106 cells mL−1	30 pg cell−1	In this work
	(2.0 g L−1)	(50 mg g−1)