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Liquid column chromatography and thin-layer chromatography were used to determine the total content of hydrocarbons and gas chromatography was used to evaluate composition of hydrocarbons in green algae (Chlorella kessleri, C. vulgaris, Chlorella sp.,Scenedesmus acutus, S. acuminatus, S. obliquus) and the blue-green alga (Spirulina platensis) cultivated under autotrophic or heterotrophic conditions. InC. kessleri cultivated under heterotrophic conditions the content of hydrocarbons was found to be about 10-2 % (per dry mass), whereas under autotrophic conditions it was about 10-3 % (per dry mass). The highest content of hydrocarbons was detected in species of the genusScenedesmus cultivated autotrophically (10-1 %). Heptadecane and hexacosane were found as major alkanes, 1-heptadecene was detected among alkenes.
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Řezanka, T., Zahradník, J. & Podojil, M. Hydrocarbons in green and blue-green algae. Folia Microbiol 27, 450–454 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876458
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02876458