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Table 2 Growth characteristics of different microalgal isolates

From: Growth and metabolic characteristics of oleaginous microalgal isolates from Nilgiri biosphere Reserve of India

Algal strain

Generation time (in days)

Dry cell weight (16 day old cultures) (g L−1)

Specific growth rate μexp (day −1)

Total Chlorophyll (16 day old cultures) (mg L −1)

Acutodesmus dissociatus TGA1

4.0 ± 0.12cd

1.57 ± 0.032bc

0.23 ± 0.05bc

6.7 ± 1.20g

Chlorella sp. TGA2

5.0 ± 0.17b

1.55 ± 0.036b

0.25 ± 0.03a,b

21.2 ± 0.73a

Chlamydomonadales sp. TGA3

3.8 ± 0.12e

1.67 ± 0.039ab

0.28 ± 0.03a

17.3 ± 1.25bc

Chlorella sp. TGA4

4.0 ± 0.20cd

1.00 ± 0.023e

0.10 ± 0.03g

19.0 ± 0.51ab

Chlamydomonadales sp. TGA5

6.0 ± 0.12a

1.56 ± 0.036bc

0.13 ± 0.03f

15.2 ± 0.82cd

Hindakia tetrachotoma PGA1

4.0 ± 0.12cd

1.25 ± 0.029d

0.18 ± 0.03de

10.4 ± 1.57ef

Chlorella sp. PGA2

4.9 ± 0.17b

1.43 ± 0.033c

0.12 ± 0.01f

16.5 ± 1.27bcd

Tolypothrix sp. PBGA1

1.0 ± 0.12f

1.64 ± 0.038abc

0.18 ± 0.03 de

14.1 ± 0.69cd

Tolypothrix sp. PBGA2

5.2 ± 0.2b

1.38 ± 0.032c

0.19 ± 0.02cd

14.6 ± 0.12cd

Oscillatoria sp. PBGA3

4.4 ± 0.12c

1.35 ± 0.031cd

0.14 ± 0.04ef

8.4 ± 0.8 5fg

Botryococcus sp. REF1

5.2 ± 0.12b

1.69 ± 0.039a

0.23 ± 0.08bc

15.2 ± 0.30cd

Neochloris oleoabundans REF2

6.0 ± 0.12a

1.65 ± 0.038abc

0.24 ± 0.08bc

13.2 ± 1.22de

  1. In a column, means followed by a common letter in superscript are not significantly different at 5%