Strain Selection for Biodiesel Production - Biotechnological Applications of Microalgae - page 25

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

Cramer and
Myers
medium

+ − − Euglenophyceae Nichols, 1973

Diatom
medium,
modified

+ Freshwater diatom Cohn et al.,

2003

DY V
medium

+ + + For many algae, especially

chlorococcalean algae,
filamentous green alga,
xanthophycean alga,
euglenoid and
cyanobacteria

Lehman, 1976

DY V
medium

+ − − Wide range of heterokont

algae, cryptophytes, and
other algae that require
slightly acidic to
circum-neutral pH
conditions

Andersen et al.,
1997

DYIII
medium

+ − − Freshwater Chlorophyceae

and cyanobacteria

Lehman, 1976

ESAW
medium

− + ND Enriched natural seawater

medium

Harrison et al.,
1980

ESAW
medium

− + + Broad spectrum medium

for coastal and open ocean
algae

Berges et al.,
2001

Fraquil
medium

+ − − For study of trace metal

interactions with
freshwater phytoplankton

Morel et al.,
1975

Guillard's
F/ 2 medium

− + + Broad-spectrum medium

for coastal algae; growing
coastal marine algae,
especially diatoms

Guillard, 1975

Guillard's
WC
medium

+ − − Cyanobacteria,

cryptophytes, green algae,
and diatoms

Guillard, 1975

Johnson's
medium

+ + + Broad-spectrum medium Johnson et al.,

1968

K medium − + + Broad-spectrum medium for

oligotrophic marine algae

Andersen, 2005

L1 medium − + + For oligotrophic (oceanic)

marine phytoplankters

Guillard and
Hargraves,
1993
( Continued )