Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYCOLOGY
Volume 33, Issue 6, Pages 3831-3842Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10811-021-02586-x
Keywords
Marine microalgae; Lipids; Fatty acids; Carbohydrates; beta-glucans; Cultivation
Funding
- Norwegian Research Council [127964/122]
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Marine microalgae species exhibit variations in cellular content and production yields of lipids, fatty acids, carbohydrates, and beta-glucans. Different species show different trends in terms of carbon, nitrogen, and various nutritional components. Additionally, the productivity of certain compounds may be influenced by specific growth conditions.
Marine microalgae are a promising sustainable source of lipids, omega-3 fatty acids, and carbohydrates. Selected microalgae species belonging to the Bacillariophyceae, Haptophyceae, Eustigmatophyceae, and Prasinophyceae were characterised for cellular content of carbon and nitrogen, and for production yields of lipids, fatty acids, total carbohydrates, and beta-glucans. Carbon and nitrogen content showed a hyperbolic decrease with increasing cell numbers for Chaetoceros calcitrans, C. muelleri, Skeletonema costatum, Tetraselmis sp., and Nannochloropsis oculata. Cultures of Pavlova lutheri and Tisochrysis lutea showed an increase in carbon content per cell, but a decrease in nitrogen content. The total lipid content of C. muelleri, C. calcitrans, N. oculata, and T. lutea increased with decreasing relative growth rate; however, the highest productivity of lipids was found in T. lutea grown at 40% of the maximum specific growth rate. The highest content of eicosapentaenoic acid was found in C. muelleri, C. calcitrans, and N. oculata, and the highest content of docosahexaenoic acid was found in T. lutea. The beta-glucan fraction of the carbohydrates was highest in C. muelleri and C. calcitrans and was very low in N. oculata. Out of the species investigated, C. muelleri had the highest production yield of beta-glucans, obtained when cultivated at a 40% relative growth rate.
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