Table 2 Analysis of fatty acid composition of Galdieria sp. USBA-GBX-832 under autotrophic, mixotrophic, and heterotrophic conditions.

From: Production of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Lipids from Autotrophic, Mixotrophic and Heterotrophic cultivation of Galdieria sp. strain USBA-GBX-832

Fatty acid

Mixotrophic

SD

Heterotrophic

SD

Autotrophic

SD

C14:0

0.9

0.01

1.2

0.03

 

C15:0

0.4

0.02

0.7

0.2

11.5

0.0

C16:0

27.9

1.68

26.8

5.8

27.9

6.8

C17:0

0.8

0.02

1.1

0.36

11.1

0.0

C18:0

9.26

0.51

16.2

2.14

24.3

1.4

C20:0

0.8

0.03

0.7

0.05

0

0

Σ Saturated

39.7

 

46.7

 

74.8

 

C14:1 [cis-9]

0.3

0.00

0.5

0.08

-

 

C16:1 [cis-9]

0.8

0.23

0.5

0.09

0

0

C17:1 [cis-10]

0.3

0.00

0.6

0.16

0

0

C18:1 [trans-9]

0.6

0.02

1

0.19

0

0

C18:1 [cis-9]

34.1

3.59

28.2

2.91

0

0

C20:1 [cis-11]

0

1.01

0.7

0.09

0

0

Σ MUFAs

36.1

 

30.7

 

0

 

C18:2 [cis-9,12]

22.8

1.02

20.9

2.2

16.7

0.0

C18:3 [cis-9,12,15]

0.8

0.02

0.5

0.09

0

 

C20:2 [cis-11,14]

1.1

0.02

2.1

0.27

0

 

Σ PUFAs

24.7

 

23.5

 

16.7

 
  1. Values are means ± SD (n = 3) (Data are given as percentage of total fatty acid).