Table 2 Top TFA-producing micro-algal strains.

From: Unlocking nature’s treasure-chest: screening for oleaginous algae

No.

Species

Strain

Productivity

Yield

Content

  

CCAP No.

(gl−1d−1)

SD

(gl−1)

SD

%DW

SD

1

Nannochloropsis oceanica

849/10

0.0131*

0.0002

0.222

0.003

53.2*

2.0

2

Nannochloropsis gaditana

849/5

0.0115

0.0014

0.184

0.023

36.4

2.4

3

Chlorella vulgaris

211/21A

0.0106

0.0010

0.234*

0.021

51.8

4.2

4

Nannochloropsis oceanica

211/46

0.0101

0.0010

0.162

0.016

40.1

2.8

5

Nannochloropsis oceanica

849/8

0.0097

0.0019

0.165

0.033

41.9

4.1

6

Nannochloropsis oceanica

211/78

0.0096

0.0011

0.153

0.018

42.1

1.3

7

Nannochloropsis gaditana

849/6

0.0088

0.0008

0.150

0.014

34.6

1.1

8

Nannochloropsis oceanica

849/9

0.0080

0.0009

0.143

0.016

43.6

4.3

9

Nannochloropsis oculata

849/1

0.0075

0.0002

0.098

0.003

33.0

0.7

10

Cylindrotheca fusiformis

1017/2

0.0072

0.0014

0.101

0.020

24.5

3.1

11

Nannochloropsis salina

849/4

0.0069

0.0000

0.131

0.001

36.8

2.0

12

Tetraselmis sp.

66/60

0.0065

0.0025

0.150

0.058

19.5

4.7

13

Extubocellulus spinifer

1026/2

0.0059

0.0012

0.053

0.011

23.1

2.3

14

Dunaliella primolecta

11/34

0.0054

0.0003

0.081

0.005

31.9

2.8

15

Nannochloropsis salina

849/2

0.0052

0.0008

0.099

0.015

36.8

4.6

16

Chaetoceros muelleri

1010/3

0.0052

0.0021

0.078

0.032

23.9

2.9

17

Chaetoceros simplex

1085/3

0.0052

0.0015

0.067

0.019

19.6

3.0

18

Nannochloropsis oculata

849/7

0.0050

0.0004

0.085

0.007

36.7

3.4

19

Chlorella stigmatophora

211/20

0.0049

0.0001

0.102

0.003

30.7

3.0

20

Haematococcus pluvialis

34/6

0.0047

0.0016

0.167

0.052

36.4

10.6

21

Chlorella vulgaris

211/75

0.0047

0.0026

0.102

0.057

29.9

9.2

22

Chlorella sp.

211/53

0.0043

0.0006

0.107

0.014

24.5

1.2

23

Cyclotella cryptica

1070/2

0.0040

0.0005

0.059

0.007

23.5

3.2

24

Nannochloropsis salina

849/3

0.0038

0.0023

0.069

0.042

36.8

6.5

25

Chloroidium saccharophilum

211/27

0.0028

0.0006

0.079

0.016

20.9

2.0

26

Haematococcus pluvialis

34/1F

0.0027

0.0005

0.094

0.017

26.5

3.2

  1. *Significantly different (P < 0.05) from rest of column except where denoted
  2. (†).All data points are above the 70th percentiles for the screen. All strains were grown on f/2 unless denoted
  3. (‡)where JM was used. Full data set in Supplementary Dataset S4 online.