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Tetraselmis suecica andDunaliella tertiolecta were grown for 24 hr in the presence of14C sodium bicarbonate and then fed separately to batches of juvenile oysters,Crassostrea gigas, for 3 days.D. tertiolecta contained fatty acids no longer than C18; 22∶6ω3 was absent inT. suecica. Analysis of the oyster fatty acids by radio gas chromatography (GC) showed that oysters were able to incorporate some of the dietary14C label into long-chain fatty acids not supplied in the diet, e.g., C20 and C22 mono- and polyunsaturated fatty acids, and particularly 20∶5ω3. However, the low14C incorporation into fatty acids longer or more unsaturated than those supplied in the diet suggests that elongation and desaturation activity in young oysters is not sufficient to sustain optimum growth.
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Waldock, M.J., Holland, D.L. Fatty acid metabolism in young oysters,Crassostrea gigas: Polyunsaturated fatty acids. Lipids 19, 332–336 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02534783
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