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

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Table 3 Biomass productivity of microalgal cultures at different stages of cultivation and lipid productivity of 16-day-old cultures. Data are given as means ±standard error, n = 3

Algal strain	Biomass productivity (mg L⁻¹ d⁻¹) at different days of cultivation				Lipid productivity (mg L⁻¹ d⁻¹)
Algal strain	4	8	12	16	Lipid productivity (mg L⁻¹ d⁻¹)
Acutodesmus dissociatus TGA1	93.33 ± 11.59^bcde	92.92 ± 9.43^abc	119.44 ± 7.36^ab	98.13 ± 2.73^ab	22.27 ± 1.05^e
Chlorella sp. TGA2	115.00 ± 16.4^abcd	103.33 ± 6.23^abc	113.89 ± 7.36^abc	96.67 ± 3.28^abc	27.12 ± 2.90^d
Chlamydomonadales sp. TGA3	134.17 ± 16.87^ab	81.67 ± 31.96^abc	127.78 ± 5.56^a	104.59 ± 4.34^a	31.00 ± 0.11^c
Chlorella sp. TGA4	59.17 ± 14.83^e	54.58 ± 7.24^c	72.21 ± 7.37^d	62.29 ± 7.43^e	10.81 ± 0.18^g
Chlamydomonadales sp. TGA5	113.33 ± 17.66^abcd	107.50 ± 8.76^ab	108.33 ± 9.63^abc	97.71 ± 3.51^ab	23.11 ± 3.12^e
Hindakia tetrachotoma PGA1	69.17 ± 9.40^de	70.00 ± 7.23^bc	88.89 ± 12.12^cd	77.92 ± 4.88^d	20.08 ± 0.28^ef
Chlorella sp. PGA2	83.33 ± 10.94^cde	65.83 ± 6.94^bc	90.55 ± 9.70^bcd	89.38 ± 3.09^bcd	18.50 ± 1.07^f
Tolypothrix sp. PBGA1	127.50 ± 15.90^abc	72.92 ± 29.49^bc	125.00 ± 4.82^a	102.71 ± 4.72^a	10.87 ± 2.80^g
Tolypothrix sp. PBGA2	120.83 ± 14.55^abc	95.83 ± 10.87^abc	105.58 ± 7.36^abc	86.25 ± 5.25^bcd	7.85 ± 0.42^g
Oscillatoria sp. PBGA3	90.83 ± 13.11^bcde	92.50 ± 11.36^abc	105.58 ± 7.36^abc	84.17 ± 4.88^cd	10.29 ± 1.15^g
Botryococcus sp. REF1	151.67 ± 16.87^a	126.08 ± 14.35^a	127.77 ± 12.12^a	105.42 ± 3.47^a	43.31 ± 8.66^a
Neochloris oleoabundans REF2	140.00 ± 15.90^ab	112.50 ± 9.23^ab	125.00 ± 12.75^a	103.34 ± 4.71^a	34.95 ± 5.31^b

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

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