Evaluation of Culture Conditions to Obtain Fatty Acids from Saline Microalgae Species: Dunaliella salina, Sinecosyfis sp., and Chroomonas sp.

Table 6

Identified fatty acids and quantity of oil produced for the studied microalgae.

	Experiment number
	1		2	3
	Nutrifoliar medium, period of agitation and illumination for 24 hours, supplied 1620 L/day of air, temperature 32°C		Nutrifoliar medium, period of agitation and illumination of 12 : 12 hours, supplied 810 L/day of air, temperature 32°C	Nutrifoliar medium, period of agitation and illumination of 24 hours, supplied 1620 L/day of air, temperature 20°C
Microalgae species	Chroomonas sp.	Dunaliella salina	Chroomonas sp.	Chroomonas sp.	Sinecosyfis sp.
Quantity of wet microalgae (g)	3	4	1.5	15.5	24
Oil produced (mg)	54.43	73.14	24.99	40.69	88.76
mg of oil/g of wet biomass	18.14	18.29	16.66	2.62	3.69
Extracted fatty acids	(1) Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester. (palmitic acid); (2) 9,12-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester. Linoleic acid, omega-6; (3) Hexadecanoic acid, 1-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2-ethanediol ester.; (4) 16-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester (stearic acid).	(1) Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester.; (2) 4,7,10-Hexadecatrienoic acid methyl ester. Omega-6; (3) Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester.; (4) 9,12,15-Octadecatrienoic acid, methyl ester (Z, Z, Z). alpha-linolenic acid, omega-3; (5) 16-Octadecenoic acid, methyl ester.	(1) Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester.; (2) Hexadecanoic acid 1-(hydroxymethyl)-1,2-ethanediol ester.; (3) Cis-11-eicosanoic acid, omega-9	(1) Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester.; (2) Octadecanoic acid, methyl ester.; (3) 8,11-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester.	(1) Hexadecanoic acid, methyl ester.; (2) Octadecanoic acid, methyl ester.; (3) 8,11-Octadecadienoic acid, methyl ester