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Table 2 Mixotrophic growth rate in C. merolae

From: Activation of oxidative carbon metabolism by nutritional enrichment by photosynthesis and exogenous organic compounds in the red alga Cyanidioschyzon merolae: evidence for heterotrophic growth

Added carbon source

Doubling time (h)

Light: 8 μmol photons m−2 s−1

Aeration: air

Light: 50 μmol photons m−2 s−1

Aeration: 1 % CO2

None

35.6 (±2.1)

12.7 (±0.5)

50 mM glycerol

31.0 (±3.1)

11.8 (±0.4)

50 mM succinic acid

28.2 (±2.7)*

12.2 (±0.3)

5 mM l-lactic acid

25.2 (±2.5)*

12.0 (±0.2)

  1. Each value is an average ± standard deviation of triplicates
  2. * p < 0.05 in t test (compared with control)