Transcriptome analysis reveals the molecular mechanism of differences in growth between photoautotrophy and heterotrophy in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

In the transcriptome analysis, the CC-125 strain was cultured in photoautotrophy for 12 hours, then collected 2×10^7 algal cells (for the P12h group). The remaining CC-125 cultures were rinsed three times with TAP medium and immediately transferred to a conical flask containing TAP medium for further heterotrophy cultivation (as mentioned above) for 12 hours. We again collected 2ⅹ10^7 algal cells (for the H12h group).