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Intercellular and extracellular amino acids of different bloom species in the Mediterranean Sea Cover

Intercellular and extracellular amino acids of different bloom species in the Mediterranean Sea

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|Jul 2022

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Figure 1

Percentage of amino acids in cultures of Skeletonema costatum, Scrippsiella trohoidea, Ulva fasciata and Corallina officinalis
Percentage of amino acids in cultures of Skeletonema costatum, Scrippsiella trohoidea, Ulva fasciata and Corallina officinalis

Amount (mean ± SE) and relative % of amino acids in co-cultured Scrippsiella trochoidea and Ulva fasciata_ Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between the treatments using Tukey’s test (– denotes not detected)_

Amino acid0.5 g Ulva1 g Ulva2 g Ulva
Amount%Amount%Amount%
Alanine acid1028.73 ± 0.59 C3.032476.80 ± 0.41 B5.003590.29 ± 0.70 A7.1
Arginine acid1166.86 ± 0.46 A3.44908.10 ± 0.48 B1.83624.11 ± 0.29 C1.23
Cystine acid287.89 ± 0.39 A0.853.32 ± 0.13 B0.01
Glutamine acid58.90 ± 0.16 B0.171861.31 ± 0.33 A3.76
Glycine acid135.11 ± 0.48 B0.44310.54 ± 0.56 A8.70113.29 ± 0.24 C0.22
Isoleucine acid28372.77 ± 0.12 C83.6435824.50 ± 0.36 B72.3146009.11 ± 0.16 A91
Lysine acid759.44 ± 0.51 B2.243085.09 ± 0.25 A6.2374.46 ± 0.61 C0.15
Phenylalanine acid170.57 ± 0.41 A0.538.63 ± 0.54 B0.08
Proline acid14.30 ± 0.08 B0.03129.81 ± 0.32 A0.26
Thereonine acid212.16 ± 0.23 B0.631022.56 ± 0.33 A2.0616.59 ± 0.10 C0.03
Tyrosine acid1730.80 ± 0.08 A5.15.76 ± 0.06 B0.01
Total AAs33864.33 49545.15 50563.42 

Amount (mean ± SE) of amino acids in cultures of the macroalgae Ulva fasciata and Corallina officinalis

 U. fasciataC. officinalis
AAsAmount (μM l-1)
Alanine acid7260.56 ± 2847.2810754.96 ± 3813.81
Argnine acid2162.72 ± 527.491729.23 ± 823.44
Aspartic acid13182.29 ± 12716.0313116.83 ± 5123.76
Glutaamic acid9423.27 ± 971.4712273.30 ± 2012.02
Glycine acid6179.2 ±1024.187633.91 ± 1272.32
Histidine acid4170.96 ± 534.743289.75 ± 406.14
Isoleucine acid4634.40 ± 2165.614512.86 ± 1504.29
Leucine acid8187.44 ± 1320.557844.79 ± 1973.53
Lysine acid5406.8 ± 1374.614976.80 ± 473.98
Methionine acid669.41 ± 514.93590.47 ± 454.21
Phenylalanin aci6797.116 ± 1699.286748.21 ± 1022.46
Serine acid6745.62 ± 775.367338.68 ± 1120.41
Threonine acid5252.31 ± 172.215145.51 ± 1513.38
Tyrosine acid2626.16 ± 972.652699.28 ± 1587.61
Valine acid4531.41 ± 66.155778.15 ± 2626.43

Amount (means) and relative % of amino acids in co-cultured Skeletonema costatum and Ulva fasciata_ Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between the treatments using Tukey’s test (– denotes not detected)_

Amino acid0.5 g Ulva1 g Ulva2 g Ulve
Amount%Amount%Amount%
Alanine acid1143.99 ± 0.31 C32.32207.81 ± 0.55 B2.942710.52 ± 0.59 A2.4
Arginine acid334.73 ± 0.42 A9.45
Aspartic acid357.45 ± 0.25 A0.48
Cystine acid92.60 ± 0.13 A0.12
Lysine acid952.80 ± 0.51 C26.913101.87 ± 0.13 A4.132494.39 ± 0.29 B2.22
Methionine acid35663.01 ± 0.49 B47.4566497.70 ± 0.36 A59.12
Phenyllalanin acid33087.24 ± 0.06 B44.0340254.47 ± 0.50 A35.79
Thereonine acid1091.39 ± 0.44 A30.82643.31 ± 0.07 B0.85528.31 ± 0.59 C0.47
Tyrosine acid18.29 ± 0.47 A0.52
Total AAs3541.2 75153.29112485.39 

Amount (mean ± SE) of amino acids in cultures of the microalgae Skeletonema costatum and Scrippsiella trochoidea (– denotes not detected)

 S. costatumS. trohoidea
AAsAmount (μM l-1)
Alanine acid3806.89 ± 0.25894.74 ± 0.13
Arginine acid463.47 ± 0.339.99 ± 0.15
Aspartic acid408.86 ± 0.11228.17 ± 0.35
Cystine acid76.12 ± 0.092.01 ± 0.11
Glycine acid525.17 ± 0.2729.75 ± 0.10
Lysine acid3035.79 ± 0.24985.70 ± 0.09
Methionine acid31.32 ± 0.1216.17 ± 0.28
Threonine acid1233.26 ± 0.21402.65 ± 0.20
Tyrosine acid3056.35 ± 0.17

Amount (mean ± SE) and relative % of amino acids in co-cultured Skeletonema costatum and Corallina officinalis_ Different letters indicate statistically significant differences between the treatments using Tukey’s test (– denotes not detected)_

Amino acid0.5 g Corallina1 g Corallina2 g Corallina
Amount%Amount%Amount%
Alanine acid95.69 ± 0.49 C1.151160.92 ± 0.67 A3.49446.02 ± 0.54 B12.86
Arginine acid518.58 ± 0.21 A1.56357.46 ± 0.43 B10.31
Aspartic acid505.76 ± 0.13 A6.07439.55 ± 0.42 B1.3208.77 ± 0.20 C6.02
Cystine acid24.89 ± 0.23 B0.3062.02 ± 0.10 A0.19
Glutamine acid343.02 ± 0.13 A9.89
Glycine acid10.76 ± 0.37 C0.13709.10 ± 0.09 A2.13372.17 ± 0.62 B10.73
Histidine acid16414.45 ± 0.28 A49.2953.14 ± 0.55 B1.53
Isoleucine acid7645.42 ± 0.39 A91.72
Leucine acid4755.04 ± 0.72 A14.28
Lysine acid33.78 ± 0.65 C0.41475.03 ± 0.53 A1.43187.20 ± 0.16 B5.4
Phenylalanine acid7700.81 ± 0.54 A23.12
Proline acid6.05 ± 0.08 B0.07469.75 ± 0.47 A1.41
Thereonine acid598.52 ± 0.08 A1.8233.98 ± 0.21 B6.75
Tyrosine acid13.01 ± 0.47 B0.161266.52 ± 0.68 A36.52
Total AAs8335.36 33303.77 3468.28 
DOI: https://doi.org/10.26881/oandhs-2022.2.06 | Journal eISSN: 1897-3191 | Journal ISSN: 1730-413X
Language: English
Page range: 178 - 188
Submitted on: Jan 8, 2022
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2022
Published on: Jul 7, 2022
Published by: University of Gdańsk
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

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