Biochemical Modulation of Lipid Pathway in Microalgae Dunaliella sp. for Biodiesel Production

Table 1

Biomass productivity, lipid content, and lipid productivity of the microalgae strains.

Strains	Parameters
	Biomass productivity; (BP, g L^−1 day^−1)	Lipid content (LC, %dwt)^*	Volumetric lipid productivity Pb × LC × 1000; (LP, mg L^−1 day^−1)
Dunaliella salina (Shariati)	0.05^A	18.9 ± 1.1^A	10.26 ± 0.4^A
D. salina (UTEX)	0.15^C	24 ± 1.3^B	36.48 ± 0.6^C
D. salina (CCAP19/18)	0.14^B	25.1 ± 0.7^B	35.14 ± 0.2^C
Dunaliella sp. (Persian Gulf)	0.15^C	22 ± 2^B	33 ± 0.3^B
1^#	0.14^B	25 ± 0.5^C	36.15 ± 0.9^C
2^#	0.14^B	27 ± 0.5^C	38.6 ± 0.4^D
3^#	0.12^B	33 ± 1^D	39.3 ± 0.6^D

^*All cultures harvested after reaching the stationary phase and LC was determined based on the Bligh and Dyer method [33]. Data are expressed as mean ± SD (). Means of BP, LC, and LP are compared using one-way ANOVA and ones with different letter are significantly different (at ).
^#1, 2, and 3 representing 50, 100, and 200 mg L⁻¹ myoinositol implementation in Persian Gulf strain, respectively.