Strain Selection for Biodiesel Production - Biotechnological Applications of Microalgae - page 24

TABLE 3.4
Common Media Used for Microalgal Strains from
Diverse Aquatic Environments
Media Freshwater Marine Brackish Suitable for Ref.

AF6
medium,
Modified

+ + − Euglenophyceae,

volvocalean algae,
xanthophytes, many
cryptophytes,
dinoflagellate and green
ciliate; specific for algae
requiring slightly acidic
medium

Watanabe et al.,
2000

AK medium − + + Broad-spectrum marine

algae

Barsanti and
Gualtieri, 2006

ASM-1
medium

− + + Marine microalgae Heaney and

Jaworski, 1977

ASN-III
medium

− + − Marine Cyanophyceae Rippka, 1988

ASP -M
medium

− + ND Marine macroalgae and

microalgae

Goldman and
McCarthy,
1978

Beijerinck
Medium

+ − − Freshwater Chlorophyceae Andersen et al.,

1997

BG-11 + + + Freshwater soil, thermal,

and marine Cyanophyceae

Vonshak, 1986

Bold's Basal
medium

+ − − Broad-spectrum medium

for freshwater
Chlorophyceae,
Xantophyceae,
Chrysophyceae, and
Cyanophyceae; unsuitable
for algae with vitamin
requirements

Bold, 1949

C medium + − − Chlorococcalean algae,

some volvocalean algae,
some other desmids

Andersen et al.,
1997

C30 medium + − − Freshwater Chlorophyceae Andersen, 2005

Chu #10
medium

+ − − Variety of algae, including

green algae, diatoms,
cyanobacteria, and
glaucophycean alga

Chu, 1942

CHU-11
medium

+ − ND Freshwater Cyanophyceae Nalewajiko

et al., 1995

COMBO
medium

− + + Cyanobacteria,

cryptophytes, green algae,
and diatoms

Kilham et al.,
1998