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Table 2 List of biomass components

From: AlgaGEM – a genome-scale metabolic reconstruction of algae based on the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii genome

Carbohydrates and sugars

Starch, sucrose, fructose, glucose, maltose

Protein (amino acids)

Alanine, arginine, aspartate, asparagine, cystein, lysine, leucine, isoleucine, glutamate, glutamine, histidine, methionine, phenylalanine, proline, serine, tyrosine, tryptophan, valine

Nucleotides

ATP, GTP, CTP, UTP, dATP, dGTP, dCTP, dTTP

Fatty acids

C16:0 (Palmitic acid)

Vitamins and cofactors

Biotin, coenzyme A, riboflavin, folate, chlorophyll, nicotinamide, thiamine, ubiquinone,