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Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LC-PUFAs) such as eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) are considered essential omega-3 fatty acids in human nutrition. In marine microalgae EPA and/or DHA are allegedly involved in the regulation of membrane fluidity and thylakoid membrane functioning. The cellular content of EPA and DHA may therefore be enhanced at low temperature and irradiance conditions. As a result, polar and cold temperate marine microalgal species might potentially be suitable candidates for commercial EPA and DHA production, given their adaptation to low temperature and irradiance habitats.  In the present study we investigated inter- and intraspecific EPA and DHA variability in five polar and (cold) temperate microalgae. Intraspecific EPA and DHA content did not vary significantly in an Antarctic ( Chaetoceros brevis ) and a temperate ( Thalassiosira weissflogii ) centric diatom after acclimation to a range of irradiance levels at two temperatures. Interspecific variability was investigated for two Antarctic  (Chaetoceros brevis  and  Pyramimonas  sp. ( Prasinophyceae )) and three cold-temperate species ( Thalassiosira weissflogii, Emiliania huxleyi  ( Prymnesiophyceae ) and  Fibrocapsa japonica  ( Raphidophyceae )) during exponential growth. Interspecific variability was shown to be much more important than intraspecific variability. Highest relative and absolute levels of DHA were measured in the prymnesiophyte  E. huxleyi  and the prasinophyte  Pyramimonas  sp., while levels of EPA were high in the raphidophyte  F. japonica  and the diatoms  C. brevis  and  T. weissflogii . Yet, no significant differences in LC-PUFA content were found between polar and cold-temperate species. Also, EPA and DHA production rates varied strongly between species. Highest EPA production rate (174 μg L -1  day -1 ) was found in the Antarctic diatom  Chaetoceros brevis , while DHA production was highest in the cold-temperate prymnesiophyte  Emiliania huxleyi  (164 μg L -1  day -1 ). We show that, following careful species selection, effective mass cultivation of marine microalgae for EPA and DHA production may be possible under low temperature and irradiance conditions.

On the potential application of polar and temperate marine microalgae for EPA and DHA production