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Enhancing EPA Content in an Arctic Diatom: A Factorial Design Study to Evaluate Interactive Effects of Growth Factors

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Title
Enhancing EPA Content in an Arctic Diatom: A Factorial Design Study to Evaluate Interactive Effects of Growth Factors
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Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2018
DOI 10.3389/fpls.2018.00491
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Pia Steinrücken, Svein A. Mjøs, Siv K. Prestegard, Svein R. Erga

Abstract

Microalgae with a high content of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are of great demand for microalgae-based technologies. An Arctic strain of the diatom Attheya septentrionalis was shown in previous experiments to increase its EPA content from 3.0 to 4.6% of dry weight (DW) in the nutrient-replete exponential phase and nutrient-depleted stationary phase, respectively. In the present study, a factorial-design experiment was used, to investigate this effect in more detail and in combination with varying salinities and irradiances. A mathematical model revealed that both growth phase and salinity, alone and in combination, influenced the EPA content significantly. Maximum EPA values of 7.1% DW were obtained at a salinity of 22 and after 5 days in stationary phase, and might be related to a decreased silica content, an accumulation of storage lipids containing EPA, or both. However, growth rates were lower for low salinity (0.54 and 0.57 d-1) than high salinity (0.77 and 0.98 d-1) cultures.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 30 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 8 27%
Student > Master 5 17%
Student > Bachelor 3 10%
Researcher 2 7%
Professor > Associate Professor 1 3%
Other 1 3%
Unknown 10 33%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 5 17%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 5 17%
Engineering 2 7%
Chemistry 2 7%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 3%
Other 4 13%
Unknown 11 37%
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#20,504,518
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