Table 2 TAGs and CEs accumulation in Symbiodinium cells

From: Nitrogen Deprivation Induces Lipid Droplet Accumulation and Alters Fatty Acid Metabolism in Symbiotic Dinoflagellates Isolated from Aiptasia pulchella

Lipid concentrations

Purified symbiotic Symbiodinium cells

(pg/cell)

 

Days of nitrogen-deprivation

 

Normal

Day 5

Day 30

TAGs

4.4 ± 0.09c

7.87 ± 0.13b

21.77 ± 0.08a

CEs

1.16 ± 0.10c

3.32 ± 0.11b

5.36 ± 0.15a

  1. Lipid contents of purified symbiotic Symbiodinium in the normal and nitrogen-deprivation treatments were analyzed by TLC. Data are presented as mean ± SD (N = 3). Superscript a–c denote statistical significance within control and nitrogen-deprivation treatments (P<0.001).
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