Reconstruction of the lipid metabolism for the microalga Monoraphidium neglectum from its genome sequence reveals characteristics suitable for biofuel production

Table 1 Biomass productivities and lipid content of Monoraphidium neglectum compared to other microalgal species

	Biomass production (max) [g^-1 l^-1day]	Biomass production (mean) [g l^-1day^-1]	Lipid contents (non-starved) [% DW] Total lipids/Neutral lipids	Lipid content (N-Starvation) [% DW] Total lipids/Neutral lipids
Monoraphidium neglectum	0.967	0.603	21 ± 1.7 / 2.5 ± 1.6	30 ± 3.4 / 20.9 ± 4.0
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	0.575	0.363	24 ± 1.4 / 1.5 ± 0.7	20 ± 0.8 / 10.7 ± 0.7
Parachlorella kessleri	0.650	0.435	22.6 / 1.2	33.9 / 18.0
Scenedesmus obliquus	0.725	0.435	17.4 / 1.4	37.9 / 21.5

Biomass productivities and lipid contents from nitrogen replete and N-starved low density cultures. Standard deviation is shown from 4 replicates for M. neglectum and C. reinhardtii, and means of two replicates for P. kessleri and S. obliquus.

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