Table 4 Strains producing high-value omega-3 long-chain PUFA.

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

No.

Species

Strain

Specified FA Productivity

Specified FA Yield

Specified FA composition

Specified FA content

TFA content

  

CCAP No.

(mgl-d-1)

SD

(mgl-1)

SD

%Area

SD

%DW

SD

%DW

SD

EPA

1

Monodopsis subterranea *

848/1

0.77

0.09

11.48

1.40

22.5

0.6

1.9

0.4

8.4

1.9

2

Cyclotella cryptica

1070/2

0.63

0.04

9.50

0.60

16.1

0.8

3.8

0.3

23.5

3.2

3

Eustigmatos vischeri *

860/7

0.53

0.11

7.91

1.59

22.2

1.9

2.6

0.4

11.8

1.2

4

Pavlova salina

940/3

0.44

0.08

6.21

1.11

14.3

0.3

2.9

0.6

20.0

4.2

5

Nitzschia ovalis

1052/12

0.41

0.13

3.30

1.07

15.4

0.8

3.1

0.4

20.4

3.2

6

Thalassiosira weissflogii

1085/18

0.36

0.07

5.77

1.05

13.4

0.2

1.7

0.1

12.3

1.2

7

Pavlova pinguis

940/2

0.33

0.16

7.60

3.59

15.6

0.9

3.3

1.6

21.4

9.9

8

Pavlova gyrans

940/1B

0.31

0.01

6.01

0.47

14.7

0.8

1.8

0.1

12.5

1.1

9

Diacronema lutheri

931/7

0.29

0.15

3.79

1.94

16.4

1.1

2.2

0.5

13.7

3.9

10

Thalassiosira weissflogii

1085/1

0.27

0.02

5.77

0.51

11.4

0.9

1.8

0.1

15.5

1.0

11

Thalassiosira pseudonana

1085/12

0.25

0.14

3.86

1.51

10.4

1.5

2.2

0.8

21.4

6.3

12

Nitzschia epithemoides

1052/18

0.19

0.03

4.27

0.72

13.9

1.8

2.6

0.3

19.2

3.4

DHA

1

Tisochrysis lutea

927/14

0.44

0.03

6.10

0.4

16.4

0.3

1.9

0.1

11.4

0.6

2

Prymnesium parvum

946/4

0.41

0.09

8.91

2.0

14.3

0.5

2.3

0.3

16.1

2.1

3

Isochrysis sp.

927/12

0.38

0.03

7.15

0.6

11.9

0.1

1.4

0.4

12.1

3.4

4

Chrysotila lamellosa

918/1

0.35

0.04

5.96

0.7

9.1

1.6

1.2

0.1

13.7

1.3

5

Prymnesium parvum

946/6

0.29

0.13

5.47

2.7

13.0

1.6

3.4

0.9

26.7

8.5

6

Isochrysis galbana

949/1

0.23

0.08

3.97

1.4

10.7

0.8

1.3

0.2

11.9

1.1

7

Pedinella marina

941/1A

0.23

0.13

5.05

3.0

18.3

7.5

1.9

1.2

9.8

2.2

8

Isochrysis galbana

927/1

0.23

0.03

4.52

0.6

13.4

0.2

2.1

0.1

16.0

1.1

9

Diacronema lutheri

931/7

0.22

0.14

2.89

1.8

11.9

2.1

1.7

0.6

13.7

3.9

10

Pedinella sp.

941/3

0.21

0.02

2.99

0.3

11.4

0.5

1.5

0.2

13.5

1.7

11

Pavlova salina

940/3

0.18

0.03

2.57

0.4

5.9

0.1

1.2

0.3

20.0

4.2

12

Pleuro. pseudoroscoffensis

913/2

0.18

0.03

2.89

0.5

8.3

0.2

0.9

0.1

11.2

1.2

13

Pleurochrysis carterae

961/4

0.17

0.01

2.80

0.2

8.6

0.6

1.1

0.1

12.9

1.3

14

Pleurochrysis dentata

904/1

0.15

0.02

2.57

0.4

5.9

0.8

0.8

0.1

14.4

3.4

15

Pleurochrysis pinguis

940/2

0.13

0.06

2.92

1.5

6.0

0.6

1.3

0.7

21.4

9.9

  1. All strains were grown on f/2 unless denoted (*) where 3NBBM+V was used.
  2. Significantly different (P < 0.05) from rest of the column except where denoted (‡). All data are above the 70th percentile for the screen for the first 4 parameters. Full data set in Supplementary Dataset S7 online.