Generation time for different cultivation conditions

Range Heterotrophic 19.8: autotrophic 11.8: mixotrophic 10.5 Table - link Hours
Organism Green algae Chlamydomonas reinhardtii
Reference Boyle NR, Morgan JA. Flux balance analysis of primary metabolism in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. BMC Syst Biol. 2009 Jan 7 3: 4. p.12 of free online article - table 7PubMed ID19128495
Method Heterotrophic and mixotrophic cells were grown in TAP media [Harris EH: The Chlamydomonas Sourcebook 1989] and autotrophic cells were grown in similar media without addition of acetic acid. Growth was monitored spectrophotometrically by measuring absorbance at 750 nm.
Comments Corresponding to Specific growth rates of (Hours^-1) 0.035±0.002 heterotrophic: 0.059±0.001 autotrophic: 0.066±0.007 mixotrophic. For dry weight composition see BNID 105924
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