New Medium for Pharmaceutical Grade Arthrospira

Table 1

Different used media and their compositions (salt, cation, and anion).

Compound	Cation	Anion	Cation subtotal mass (g/mol)	Anion subtotal mass (g/mol)	2x Amara-Steinbüchel				1.5x Amara-Steinbüchel				1x Amara-Steinbüchel				George’s medium				Zarrouk medium
					2x 1 L	Cation; Mol	Anion; Mol	Na; Mol	1.5x 1 L	Cation; Mol	Anion; Mol	Na; Mol	1x 1 L	Cation; Mol	Anion; Mol	Na; Mol	1x 1 L	Cation; Mol	Anion; Mol	Na; Mol	1x 1 L	Cation; Mol	Anion; Mol	Na; Mol
NaHCO3	Na	HCO3	22.99	61.02	18.43	0.8015	0.3020	0.8015	13.8214	0.6011	0.2265	0.6011	9.2142	0.4007	0.1510	0.4007					16.8000	0.73075	0.2753	0.7307
NaCO3	Na	CO3	22.99	60.01	14.29	0.6213	0.2380	0.6213	10.7142857	0.4660	0.1785	0.4660	7.1428	0.3106	0.1190	0.3106
K2HPO4	K	HPO4	78.2	95.98	1.00	0.0127	0.0104		0.7500	0.0095	0.0078		0.5000	0.0063	0.0052		0.0200	0.0002	0.0002		0.5000	0.0063	0.0052
NaNO3	Na	NO3	22.99	62.01	3.00	0.1304	0.0483	0.1304	2.2500	0.0978	0.0362	0.0978	1.5000	0.0652	0.0241	0.0652					2.5000	0.1087	0.0403	0.1087
K2SO4	K	SO4	96.07	78.2	1.14	0.0118	0.0146		0.8571	0.0089	0.0109		0.5714	0.0059	0.0073						1.0000	0.0104	0.0127
NaCl	Na	Cl	22.99	35.45	2.00	0.0869	0.0564	0.0869	1.5000	0.0652	0.0423	0.0652	1.0000	0.0434	0.0282	0.04349					1.0000	0.0434	0.0282	0.0434
MgSO4	Mg	SO4	24.31	96.07	0.31	0.0125	0.0031		0.2295	0.0094	0.0023		0.1530	0.0062	0.0015		0.0200	0.0008	0.0002		0.2000	0.0082	0.0020
CaCl2	Ca	Cl	40.08	70.91	0.02	0.0003	0.0002		0.01125	0.0002	0.0001		0.0075	0.0001	0.0001						0.0400	0.0009	0.0005
FeSO4	Fe	SO4	55.85	96.07	0.02	0.0002	0.0001		0.01215	0.0002175	0.0001		0.0081	0.0001	0.00008						0.0100	0.0001	0.0001
EDTA Na2	Na	EDTA	45.98	290.23	0.14	0.0031	0.0004	0.0034	0.1083	0.0023	0.0003	0.0026	0.0722	0.0015	0.0002	0.0017					0.0800	0.0017	0.0002	0.0017
Ferric Citrate	Ferric	Citrate	55.85	189.1	0.04	0.0006	0.0001		0.0262	0.0004	0.0001		0.0175	0.0003	0.00009		0.0350	0.0006	0.0001
KNO3	K	NO3	39.1	62.01													0.2000	0.0051	0.0032
Total			583.25	1293.13	40.37	1.6821	0.6741	1.6439	30.2803	1.2616	0.5056	1.2329	20.1868	0.8410	0.3370	0.8219	0.2750	0.0068	0.0038	0.0000	22.1300	0.9109	0.3648	0.8847