Abstract
The lipid class and the fatty acid composition of microalgae are of primary importance in feeding filter-feeding animals properly and variations of those parameters have never been investigated in a cultivation system applied to hatcheries. The objective of this study was to document the lipid class and fatty acid composition of the diatom Chaetoceros muelleri (CHGRA) and the flagellate Isochrysis sp. (Clone TISO) during the entire process of hatchery cultivation in relation to the period of the year (summer vs. winter). At the beginning of the cultivation process of CHGRA, in a small volume of culture, triacylglycerol (TAG), sterol, saturated, monounsaturated, and polyunsaturated fatty acids (particularly 20:5n3) were high, sharply dropping when volume was increased. An inverse relationship has been observed for acetone mobile polar lipids (AMPLs; pigment) and phospholipids (PLs), thus leading to no significant effect of the volume of culture on the total lipid (TL) content of CHGRA. The total lipid content of TISO increased with the volume of culture due to AMPL and PL classes and saturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. The short- and long-term variability of lipid class composition has been observed for both species. Such results highlight the high variability of marine microalgae lipid content during the culture process and season as well. Hatchery implication is discussed. D 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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