Figure 1

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 acid | 0.5 g Ulva | 1 g Ulva | 2 g Ulva | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Alanine acid | 1028.73 ± 0.59 C | 3.03 | 2476.80 ± 0.41 B | 5.00 | 3590.29 ± 0.70 A | 7.1 |
| Arginine acid | 1166.86 ± 0.46 A | 3.44 | 908.10 ± 0.48 B | 1.83 | 624.11 ± 0.29 C | 1.23 |
| Cystine acid | 287.89 ± 0.39 A | 0.85 | 3.32 ± 0.13 B | 0.01 | – | – |
| Glutamine acid | 58.90 ± 0.16 B | 0.17 | 1861.31 ± 0.33 A | 3.76 | – | – |
| Glycine acid | 135.11 ± 0.48 B | 0.4 | 4310.54 ± 0.56 A | 8.70 | 113.29 ± 0.24 C | 0.22 |
| Isoleucine acid | 28372.77 ± 0.12 C | 83.64 | 35824.50 ± 0.36 B | 72.31 | 46009.11 ± 0.16 A | 91 |
| Lysine acid | 759.44 ± 0.51 B | 2.24 | 3085.09 ± 0.25 A | 6.23 | 74.46 ± 0.61 C | 0.15 |
| Phenylalanine acid | 170.57 ± 0.41 A | 0.5 | 38.63 ± 0.54 B | 0.08 | – | – |
| Proline acid | – | – | 14.30 ± 0.08 B | 0.03 | 129.81 ± 0.32 A | 0.26 |
| Thereonine acid | 212.16 ± 0.23 B | 0.63 | 1022.56 ± 0.33 A | 2.06 | 16.59 ± 0.10 C | 0.03 |
| Tyrosine acid | 1730.80 ± 0.08 A | 5.1 | – | – | 5.76 ± 0.06 B | 0.01 |
| Total AAs | 33864.33 | 49545.15 | 50563.42 | |||
Amount (mean ± SE) of amino acids in cultures of the macroalgae Ulva fasciata and Corallina officinalis
| U. fasciata | C. officinalis | |
|---|---|---|
| AAs | Amount (μM l-1) | |
| Alanine acid | 7260.56 ± 2847.28 | 10754.96 ± 3813.81 |
| Argnine acid | 2162.72 ± 527.49 | 1729.23 ± 823.44 |
| Aspartic acid | 13182.29 ± 12716.03 | 13116.83 ± 5123.76 |
| Glutaamic acid | 9423.27 ± 971.47 | 12273.30 ± 2012.02 |
| Glycine acid | 6179.2 ±1024.18 | 7633.91 ± 1272.32 |
| Histidine acid | 4170.96 ± 534.74 | 3289.75 ± 406.14 |
| Isoleucine acid | 4634.40 ± 2165.61 | 4512.86 ± 1504.29 |
| Leucine acid | 8187.44 ± 1320.55 | 7844.79 ± 1973.53 |
| Lysine acid | 5406.8 ± 1374.61 | 4976.80 ± 473.98 |
| Methionine acid | 669.41 ± 514.93 | 590.47 ± 454.21 |
| Phenylalanin aci | 6797.116 ± 1699.28 | 6748.21 ± 1022.46 |
| Serine acid | 6745.62 ± 775.36 | 7338.68 ± 1120.41 |
| Threonine acid | 5252.31 ± 172.21 | 5145.51 ± 1513.38 |
| Tyrosine acid | 2626.16 ± 972.65 | 2699.28 ± 1587.61 |
| Valine acid | 4531.41 ± 66.15 | 5778.15 ± 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 acid | 0.5 g Ulva | 1 g Ulva | 2 g Ulve | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Alanine acid | 1143.99 ± 0.31 C | 32.3 | 2207.81 ± 0.55 B | 2.94 | 2710.52 ± 0.59 A | 2.4 |
| Arginine acid | 334.73 ± 0.42 A | 9.45 | – | – | – | – |
| Aspartic acid | – | – | 357.45 ± 0.25 A | 0.48 | – | – |
| Cystine acid | – | – | 92.60 ± 0.13 A | 0.12 | – | – |
| Lysine acid | 952.80 ± 0.51 C | 26.91 | 3101.87 ± 0.13 A | 4.13 | 2494.39 ± 0.29 B | 2.22 |
| Methionine acid | – | – | 35663.01 ± 0.49 B | 47.45 | 66497.70 ± 0.36 A | 59.12 |
| Phenyllalanin acid | – | – | 33087.24 ± 0.06 B | 44.03 | 40254.47 ± 0.50 A | 35.79 |
| Thereonine acid | 1091.39 ± 0.44 A | 30.82 | 643.31 ± 0.07 B | 0.85 | 528.31 ± 0.59 C | 0.47 |
| Tyrosine acid | 18.29 ± 0.47 A | 0.52 | – | – | – | – |
| Total AAs | 3541.2 | 75153.29 | 112485.39 | |||
Amount (mean ± SE) of amino acids in cultures of the microalgae Skeletonema costatum and Scrippsiella trochoidea (– denotes not detected)
| S. costatum | S. trohoidea | |
|---|---|---|
| AAs | Amount (μM l-1) | |
| Alanine acid | 3806.89 ± 0.25 | 894.74 ± 0.13 |
| Arginine acid | 463.47 ± 0.33 | 9.99 ± 0.15 |
| Aspartic acid | 408.86 ± 0.11 | 228.17 ± 0.35 |
| Cystine acid | 76.12 ± 0.09 | 2.01 ± 0.11 |
| Glycine acid | 525.17 ± 0.27 | 29.75 ± 0.10 |
| Lysine acid | 3035.79 ± 0.24 | 985.70 ± 0.09 |
| Methionine acid | 31.32 ± 0.12 | 16.17 ± 0.28 |
| Threonine acid | 1233.26 ± 0.21 | 402.65 ± 0.20 |
| Tyrosine acid | 3056.35 ± 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 acid | 0.5 g Corallina | 1 g Corallina | 2 g Corallina | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amount | % | Amount | % | Amount | % | |
| Alanine acid | 95.69 ± 0.49 C | 1.15 | 1160.92 ± 0.67 A | 3.49 | 446.02 ± 0.54 B | 12.86 |
| Arginine acid | – | – | 518.58 ± 0.21 A | 1.56 | 357.46 ± 0.43 B | 10.31 |
| Aspartic acid | 505.76 ± 0.13 A | 6.07 | 439.55 ± 0.42 B | 1.3 | 208.77 ± 0.20 C | 6.02 |
| Cystine acid | 24.89 ± 0.23 B | 0.30 | 62.02 ± 0.10 A | 0.19 | – | – |
| Glutamine acid | – | – | – | – | 343.02 ± 0.13 A | 9.89 |
| Glycine acid | 10.76 ± 0.37 C | 0.13 | 709.10 ± 0.09 A | 2.13 | 372.17 ± 0.62 B | 10.73 |
| Histidine acid | – | – | 16414.45 ± 0.28 A | 49.29 | 53.14 ± 0.55 B | 1.53 |
| Isoleucine acid | 7645.42 ± 0.39 A | 91.72 | – | – | – | – |
| Leucine acid | – | – | 4755.04 ± 0.72 A | 14.28 | – | – |
| Lysine acid | 33.78 ± 0.65 C | 0.41 | 475.03 ± 0.53 A | 1.43 | 187.20 ± 0.16 B | 5.4 |
| Phenylalanine acid | – | – | 7700.81 ± 0.54 A | 23.12 | – | – |
| Proline acid | 6.05 ± 0.08 B | 0.07 | 469.75 ± 0.47 A | 1.41 | – | – |
| Thereonine acid | – | – | 598.52 ± 0.08 A | 1.8 | 233.98 ± 0.21 B | 6.75 |
| Tyrosine acid | 13.01 ± 0.47 B | 0.16 | – | – | 1266.52 ± 0.68 A | 36.52 |
| Total AAs | 8335.36 | 33303.77 | 3468.28 | |||