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Table 1 Cell concentrations at the start of the experimental treatments, cellular growth rates and cellular domoic acid (DA) contents

From: Transcriptomic responses to grazing reveal the metabolic pathway leading to the biosynthesis of domoic acid and highlight different defense strategies in diatoms

Diatom treatment

# Cells start/end (cells mL−1)

Division rate (day−1)

Cellular DA start/end (pg DA cell−1)

Pseudo-nitzschia

 Predator cues

3947 ± 189/4952 ± 627

0.10 ± 0.06

0.1 ± 0.01/0.7 ± 0.2

 Control

4245 ± 297/5924 ± 750

0.15 ± 0.05

0.1 ± 0.01/0.1 ± 0.02

Fragilariopsis

 Predator cues

2797 ± 38/6768 ± 156

0.63 ± 0.01

nd

 Control

2771 ± 10/6644 ± 192

0.64 ± 0.01

nd

  1. Number of replicates = 3. Results are given as mean and standard deviation, nd = no detection