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Table 3 Some properties and lipid contents of microalgae strains

From: Integration of biology, ecology and engineering for sustainable algal-based biofuel and bioproduct biorefinery

Species

SERI designation

Lipid %dw (nutrient deplete)

Lipid %dw (N deficient)

Lipid % dw (Si deficient)

Doubling (1/day)

Temp. (°C)

Salinity (mS/cm)

Ref.

A. hyalina

ENTOM3

22

30

37

2

20 to 35

10 to 60

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

A. coffeiformis

AMPHO1

4.1a

13.6a

 

1.7

20 to > 35

< 10 to 70b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

A. coffeiformis

AMPHO2

   

2.48

30 to 35

 

Allnutt and Kessler (2015)

A. cylindrica

 

4 to 7/4.9

4.7

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

A. falcatus

ANKIS1

24.5a

40.3a

 

2.89

18 to 31

1 to 10b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

Boekelovia sp.

BOEKE1

23 to 29a

30.6a

 

3.43

  

Adekunle et al. (2016)

B. braunii

BOTRY1

44.5a

54.2a

46.3

1.8

  

Adekunle et al. (2016)

C. calcitrans

 

40

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. gracilis

CHAET1

20.5

  

4.3

 

15 to 35b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

C. muelleri

CHAET14

19

38

39

The

35

 

Allnutt and Kessler (2015)

C. muelleri

CHAET58

   

2.8

10 to 35

10 to 70

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

C. muelleri

CHAET61

   

3.3

10 to 35

10 to 70

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

C. muelleri

CHAET63

   

3.1

10 to 35

10 to 70

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

C. muelleri

CHAET9

17.8

28

25

4

10 to 35

10 to 115

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

Chaetoceros sp.

CHAET2

23

32.7

 

4.3

20 to 40

10 to 40b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

C. applanata

 

18

33

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. reinhardtii

 

21

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. ellipsoidea

CHLOR2

15.9

20.9

 

5.3

20 to 35

10 to 40b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

C. emersonii

 

29

63

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. minutissima

 

31

57

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. protothecoides

 

13

23

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. pyrenoidosa

 

16

64

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. sorokiniana

 

18

18

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

Chlorella sp.

CHLOR1

10

34 to 48

 

1.33

15 to 39

0 to 18b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

Chlorella sp.

CHLOR3

   

1.88

20 to > 40

1 to 25b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

C. vulgaris

 

25

42

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C. cohnii

 

25

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

C.a cryptica

CYCLO4

12.1

11.3

13.2

1.6

10 to 35

10 to 70

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

Cyclotella sp.

CYCLO1

13.2a

42.1a

42a

5.1

25 to > 35

6 to > 45b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

Cylindrotheca

 

27

27

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

D. primolecta

 

23

14

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

D. salina

 

19

10

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

D. tertiolecta

 

15

18

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

E. oleoabundans

 

36

42

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

E. gracilis

 

20

35

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

H. carterae

 

20

14

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

I. galbana

ISOCH1

7.1

26

 

2.83

16 to 34

5 to 60b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

M. subterranea

 

25

13

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

M. minutum

 

22

52

 

2.84

25 to 30

 

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

Monoraphidium sp.

MONOR1

23.4

29.4

 

3.1

  

Adekunle et al. (2016)

Monoraphidium sp.

MONOR2

   

5.8

  

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

Nannochloris

 

28

30

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

Nannochloropsis

 

31

41

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

N. salina

NANNO1

28.6a

59.8a

 

1.05

17 to 32

6 to 60b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

Nannochloropsis sp.

NANNO2

31.4a

64a

 

1.04

11 to 35

35 to 350b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

N. acceptata

NAVIC6

21.8

32.4

48.5

3.8

20 to 35

10 to 60

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

N. acceptata

NAVIC8

19.2

38.2

42.5

3.8

20 to 35

10 to 60

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

N. pelliculosa

 

27

45

34

   

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

N. saprophila

NAVIC24

24

51

49

3.1

10 to 30

10 to 70

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

N. communis

NITZS28

   

2.7

10 to 30

10 to 70

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

N. dissipata

NITZS13

27.6

45.9

47.2

2.6

15 to 30

10 to 60

Akhtar and Amin (2011)

N. frustulum

 

26

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

N. palea

 

47

40

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

N. dissipata

NITZS2

26.3a

66a

 

1.32

20 to 30

6 to 45b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

Nitzschia sp.

NITZS1

27

   

10 to 44

30 to 90b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

O. pusilla

OOCYS1

10.5a

   

15 to 33

10 to 25b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

Oscillatoria sp.

 

7

13

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

Ourococcus sp.

 

27

50

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

P. lutheri

 

36

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

P. salina

 

31

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

P. tricornutum

PHAEO1

38.2

56.8

 

1.96

< 15 to 27

< 20 to 70b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

P. tricornutum

PHAEO2

19.7a

23.2

 

1.64

 

< 8.5 to 70b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

P. tricornutum

 

21

26

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

P. purpureum

 

11

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

P. parvum

 

30

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

S. dimorphus

 

26

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

S. obliquus

 

21

42

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

S. quadricauda

 

18

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

S. gracile

 

21

28

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

S. costatum

 

16

25

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

S. maxima

 

7

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

S. platensis

 

13

10

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

Synechococcus sp.

 

11

     

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

Tetraselmis sp.

PLATY1

18a

15a

15a

2.1

 

15 to > 35b

Adekunle et al. (2016)

T. suecica

 

17

26

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

T. pseudonana

 

16

26

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

T. weissflogii

 

22

24

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

Tribonema sp.

 

12

16

    

Bahadar and Bilal Khan (2013)

  1. aafdw instead of dw
  2. bTDS/L instead of mS/cm