Table 2 Dry cell weight (DCW), carbohydrate content, and lipid content of Chlorella reached after cultivation in SSB hydrolysate (this study) and other biomass hydrolysates (literature).

From: Insights into the physiology of Chlorella vulgaris cultivated in sweet sorghum bagasse hydrolysate for sustainable algal biomass and lipid production

Microalga

Hydrolysate

Cultivation conditions

DCW

(g/L)

Carbohydrate

(%)

Lipids

(%)

Reference

Chlorella vulgaris

Food waste

(18.23 g/L glucose)

Heterotrophic, 2.5 L bioreactor, 7 days, batch

3.8

28

30

62

Food waste

(20 g/L glucose)

Mixotrophic, 2 L reactor, 18 days, 120 μmol photons m−2 s−1, semi-continuous

6.9

26

44

Molasses

(50 g/L sucrose)

Mixotrophic, 250 mL glass vessel, 14 days, 200 μmol photons m−2 s−1, batch

1.2

5.5

7.7

63

Cheese whey

(5 g/L glucose and 5 g/L galactose)

Mixotrophic, 0.5 L bioreactor, 8 days, 70 μmol photons m−2 s−1, batch

3.6

11.5

25

25

Chlorella protothecoides

Cassava bagasse

(20 g/L glucose)

Heterotrophic, 5 L stirred bioreactor, 7 days, batch

6.9

35

64

Chlorella vulgaris 395

Sweet sorghum bagasse

(15 g/L glucose and 1.25 g/L xylose)

Mixotrophic, 2 L bioreactor, 7 days, 250 μmol photons m−2 s−1, batch

2.8

26.1

34.4

This study