Lactic Acid-Driven Fatty Acid Accumulation in the Marine Microalga Crypthecodinium cohnii

This study evaluated whether the marine microalga Crypthecodinium cohnii can use lactic acid (LA) as a carbon source for biomass growth and DHA (omega-3) production. It assessed growth performance, lipid accumulation, fatty acid composition, lactic acid concentrations, and nitrogen sources in batch cultures. Results showed efficient LA assimilation, high lipid accumulation, and DHA levels reaching up to 47% of total fatty acids under optimized conditions.This dataset contains the raw and processed data supporting the submitted manuscript: Lactic Acid-Driven Fatty Acid Accumulation in the Marine Microalga Crypthecodinium cohniiKaterina Foka, Christina Ferousi, Anthi Karnaouri, Evangelos Topakas(Manuscript under review) The dataset includes:- ZIP file (9 spreadsheets and 8 figures) - readme.txt file as a metadata file