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. 2023 Feb 15;14:1102909. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2023.1102909

Table 2.

Documented growth rates (μ) and nitrogen fixation rates (NF) of T. erythraeum grown under low (350 ~ 400 μatm) and high (750 ~ 1,400 μatm, values in the brackets) CO2 conditions.

References Strain Light (μE m−2 s−1) T (°C) μ % (μ) NF^ % (NF) Methods#
Hutchins et al. (2007) GBR 100 25 0.29 (0.36) 24%* 18.3 (26.1) 43%* ARA
IMS101 100 25 0.35 (0.39) 11% 14.8 (20.0) 35%*
Levitan et al. (2007) IMS101 80–120 25 0.17 (0.26) 53%* 5.6 (16.8) 200%* ARA
Kranz et al. (2010) IMS101 200 25 0.39 (0.43) 11%* 7.6 (16.7) 120%* ARA
Levitan et al. (2010) IMS101 80 25 0.17 (0.33) 94%* 4.4 (20.0) 355%* ARA
Garcia et al. (2011) IMS101 100 27 0.22 (0.31) 41%* 12.6 (15.1) 20% 15N
220 27 0.27 (0.38) 41%* 18.1 (23.8) 31%* 15N
Shi et al. (2012) IMS101 90 27 0.26 (0.19) −27%* 2.5 (1.6) –34%* 15N
27 0.46 (0.37) −20%* 3.4 (1.7) −50%* 15N
Eichner et al. (2014) IMS101 150 25 0.34 (0.31) −9%* 6.2 (10.6) 71%* ARA
Hutchins et al. (2015) IMS101 120 26 0.25 (0.36) 44%* 13.0 (18.6) 43%* ARA
Hong et al. (2017) IMS101 80 27 0.57 (0.47) −18%* 13.1 (10.6) −19%* ARA
Zhang et al. (2022) IMS101 80 27 0.2 (0.2) — 7.6 (5.3) −30%* 15N
Yi and Gao (2022) IMS101 sunlight 25 0.16 (0.14) −12% 4.7 (4.6) −1% ARA
This study IMS101 160 27 0.53 (0.52) −2% 8.4 (19.2) 129%* ARA

“%” represents the percentage of decrease (−) or increase due to the elevated pCO2.

The values marked with “*” indicate significant change (p < 0.05).

^

N2 fixation rates per h−1 based either on chl a or cell number.

#

acetylene reduction method (ARA) or 15N2 isotope tracer method for N2 fixation measurement.