Table 2.

Summary of published maximum growth rate and half-saturation concentration of nutrients (N and P) for two cyanobacteria. Maximum growth rates are transformed using models to account the effects of temperature and photoperiod (Xiao et al. 2020).

Species	Physiological traits	Value	Reference	Experimental conditions (temperature, light intensity, and photoperiod)
M. aeruginosa	Maximum growth rate $\left({\mu }_{max}\right)$	0.32 /d	(Ghaffar et al. 2017)	28 °C; 30 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
		0.77 /d	(Amano et al. 2012)	20 °C; 27 µmol/ m2 /s; 14h
		0.87 /d	(Baldia et al. 2007)	23 °C; 9 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
		0.85 /d	(Orr and Jones 1998)	20 °C; 38 µmol/ m2 /s; 14h
	Half-saturation concentration for nitrate $\left(K_{N{O}_3}\right)$	0.07 µM	(Mikawa et al. 2016)	20 °C; 27 µmol/ m2 /s; 14h
		0.6 µM	(Sugimoto et al. 2016)	20 °C; 27 µmol/ m2 /s; 14h
		37 µM	(Baldia et al. 2007)	23 °C; 9 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
	Half-saturation concentration for phosphate $\left(K_{P{O}_4}\right)$	0.05 µM	(Amano et al. 2010)	20 °C; 27 µmol/ m2 /s; 14h
		0.34 µM	(Ghaffar et al. 2017)	28 °C; 30 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
		0.64 µM	(Baldia et al. 2007)	23 °C; 9 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
		23 µM	(Tan et al. 2019)	25 °C; 45 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
C. raciborskii	Maximum growth rate $\left({\mu }_{max}\right)$	0.29 /d	(Amaral et al. 2014)	25 °C; 80 µmol/ m2 /s; 16h
		1.30 /d	(Isvánovics et al. 2000)	21 °C; 140 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
		1.45 /d	(Kenesi et al. 2009)	26 °C; 100 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
	Half-saturation concentration for phosphate $\left(K_{P{O}_4}\right)$	0.02 µM	(Willis et al. 2017)	28°C; 80 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
		0.03 µM	(Isvánovics et al. 2000)	21 °C; 140 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h
		0.67 µM	(De Nobel et al. 1997)	20 °C; 150 µmol/ m2 /s; 12h