Table 1

Examples of the impact of nitrogen and phosphate on lipid production in some microalgae.

Microalgae Stress conditions Lipid content, lipid productivity Major lipids References
Nannochloropsis oculata NCTU-3 Nitrogen depletion 50.4%, n.d n.d Chiu et al. (2009)
Scenedesmus obliquus CNW-N Nitrogen deprivation 38.9%, 78.7 mg.L−1.d−1 stearic acid (C18:0), oletic acid (C18:1), palmitic acid (C16:0) Ho et al. (2010)
Chlorella vulgaris ESP-31 Nitrogen starvation 63.0%, 51.2 mg.L−1.d−1 palmitic acid (C16:0), oletic acid (C18:1), linoleic acid (C18:2) Yeh and Chang (2012)
Neochloris oleoabundans HK-129 Nitrogen starvation 27.2%, 30.8 mg.L−1.d−1 oletic acid (C18:1), palmitic acid (C16:0), linoleic acid (C18:2) Sun et al. (2014)
Scenedesmus sp. LX1 Nitrogen depletion 33.0%, n.d n.d Xin et al. (2010a)
Chlorella zofingiensis Nitrogen starvation 65.1%, 87.1 mg.L−1.d−1 n.d Feng et al. (2012)
Scenedesmus sp. LX1 Phosphate deprivation 53.0%, 75 mg.L−1.d−1 n.d Xin et al. (2010b)
Chlorella zofingiensis Phosphate starvation 44.7%, 44.7 mg.L−1.d−1 n.d Feng et al. (2012)
Scenedesmus abundans Phosphate starvation 23.0%, 30.8 mg.L−1.d−1 oletic acid (C18:1), palmitic acid (C16:0), linoleic acid (C18:3) Mandotra et al. (2016)

n.d: not determined

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