TABLE 2.
Comparison between elements in cultivated cyanobacteria consortium, microbial mats from soda lakes (Cariboo Plateau, British Columbia) and literature values.
| Elements | Cyanobacterial consortium cultivated in lab environment | Microbial mats collected from soda lakes | Literature values a | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day 3 | Day 4 | DL-M | PL-M | GEL-M | LC-M | ||||||
| 2014 | 2017 | 2014 | 2017 | 2014 | 2017 | 2014 | 2017 | ||||
| C (g/kg) | 543.9 ± 2.6 | 503.0 ± 9.0 | 303.0 | 395.3 | 81.0 | 262.0 | 1288.12 | 528.0 | 412.0 | 364.9 | 175–650 |
| H (g/kg) | 72.6 ± 13.5 | 79.7 ± 31.2 | 43.8 | 55.7 | 11.2 | 34.2 | 192.6 | 73.4 | 54.1 | 51.0 | ND |
| N (g/kg) | 114.0 ± 17.45 | 85.2 ± 5.3 | 15.6 | 35.6 | 10.1 | 30.3 | 91.0 | 61.1 | 25.5 | 31.1 | 50–105 |
| Ca (g/kg) | 1.1 ± 0.4 | 1.5 ± 1.2 | 26.9 | 33.6 | 79.9 | 20.5 | 10.9 | 91.7 | 1.9 | 4.2 | 3–21 |
| K (g/kg) | 21.4 ± 3.6 | 14.9 ± 3.1 | 6.2 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 17.2 | 7.9 | 20.1 | 7.8 | 5.8 | 6–21 |
| Mg (g/kg) | 5.1 ± 0.1 | 4.2 ± 0.6 | 74.5 | 89.8 | 75.8 | 40.9 | 31.5 | 322.3 | 5.0 | 10.3 | 1–37 |
| Na (g/kg) | 63.7 ± 20.1 | 91.5 ± 10.1 | 251.4 | 110.4 | 178.1 | 135.3 | 129.6 | 281.8 | 71.6 | 51.9 | 7–321 |
| P (g/kg) | 13.3 ± 5.7 | 9.7 ± 3.1 | 1.4 | 4.5 | 6.3 | 17.6 | 3.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 0.9–30 |
| S (g/kg) | 8.1 ± 0.9 | 6.5 ± 1.2 | 5.7 | 9.3 | 36.1 | 10.7 | 81.4 | 18.8 | 21.6 | 9.2 | 4–14 |
| Cu (mg/kg) | 72.2 ± 0.4 | 14.7 ± 4.8 | 90.7 | 22.6 | 343.9 | 39.3 | 7.1 | 38.5 | 19.4 | 25.4 | 1–650 |
| Mn (mg/kg) | 88.2 ± 20.2 | 125.3 ± 55.3 | 313.9 | 385.1 | 1873.9 | 389.2 | 98.1 | 765.6 | 46.5 | 121.6 | 17–592 |
| Zn (mg/kg) | 49.5 ± 14.0 | 41.6 ± 9.2 | 51.7 | 50.1 | 212.6 | 51.6 | 16.3 | 75.5 | 14.8 | 30.3 | 2–64 |
| Ni (mg/kg) | 7.0 ± 5.7 | 7.1 ± 3.2 | 26.3 | 38.9 | 180.2 | 49.4 | 8.3 | 60.5 | 7.9 | 18.1 | 1–3 |
| Co (mg/kg) | 2.9 ± 0.9 | 5.9 ± 4.2 | 8.4 | 10.0 | 69.0 | 14.5 | 2.3 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 4.4 | ND |
| Fe (mg/kg) | 2.3 ± 0.5 | 2.9 ± 1.8 | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | ND | 83–7,000 |
Deer Lake Microbial Mat (DL-M), Probe Lake Microbial Mat (PL-M), Goodenough Lake Microbial Mat (GEL-M) and Last Chance Lake Microbial Mat (LC-M). ND is no data.