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Table 1 Proteins, carbohydrates and lipids content in the biomass (% DW) of the investigated cyanobacteria

From: Study of the growth and biochemical composition of 20 species of cyanobacteria cultured in cylindrical photobioreactors

Species

Proteins

Carbohydrates

Lipids

Gloeothece sp.

35.6 (16.0)

3.5 (0.9)

6.7 (0.7)

Aphanizamenon sp.

10.3 (1.3)

22.2 (3.9)*

6.7 (1.9)

G. unigranulatum

75.8 (21.2)*

4.4 (0.5)

11.1 (2.6)

Nostoc sp. CCIBt3248

26.2 (6.4)

2.6 (0.3)

2.4 (0.9)

I. carmineus

19.0 (6.0)

11.6 (3.2)

3.8 (1.4)

CCIBt 3540

31.3 (15.5)

21.9 (5.0)*

6.2 (1.6)

CCIBt 3157

49.0 (2.9)

4.1 (1.2)

8.5 (1.5)

A. holsatica

25.5 (10.6)

7.3 (1.2)

5.6 (0.3)

M. navacekii

13.7 (3.8)

27.7 (2.4)*

10.5 (2.4)

T. variabilis

57.0 (27.8)

10.7 (2.6)

8.6 (0.7)

Nostoc sp. CCIBt3206

34.4 (5.5)

3.3 (0.3)

2.2 (0.3)

Synechococcus sp.

30.4 (3.4)

7.4 (1.9)

10.7 (3.2)

Microcystis sp.

25.5 (10.6)

5.6 (2.2)

5.6 (2.4)

Geitlerinema sp.

77.9 (5.7) *

11.6 (1.4)

9.2 (2.0)

S. brasiliense

36.0 (4.9)

14.7 (2.1)

15.2 (2.7)*

Phormidium sp.

38.0 (5.3)

16.7 (2.7)

14.8 (5.1) *

M. aeruginosa

33.3 (1.7)

1.7 (0.4)

5.7 (1.0)

Rhabdoderma sp.

31.8 (5.3)

11.2 (1.8)

7.7 (1.2)

Nostoc sp. CCIBt3249

54.7 (7.8)

12.5 (1.9)

10.5 (1.6)

Leptolyngbya sp.

50.7 (9.7)

5.0 (0.1)

11.2 (1.6)

  1. Statistics: asterisk (*) indicates the highest value (ANOVA, p < 0.05). Numbers in parenthesis correspond to the standard deviation of the mean (n = 3)