Lipid composition of the nitrogen starved green alga Neochloris oleoabundans
Enzyme and Microbial TechnologyPublished 1 November 1983
T. G. Tornabene, G. Holzer, Stephen Lien, N. Burris
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Neochloris oleoabundans has been cultivated in mineral medium deficient in nitrogen and the yield of lipids was 35–54% of cell dry weight.
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Neochloris oleoabundans has been cultivated in mineral medium deficient in nitrogen. The yield of lipids was 35–54% of cell dry weight. Triglycerides comprised 80% of the total lipids. Aliphatic hydrocarbons, sterols, pigments, glycolipids and phospholipids comprised the remaining lipid fraction. Saturated, monounsaturated and diunsaturated octodecanoic acid represented approximately one-half of the total fatty acids.
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