Twenty Tolypothrix strains, including 15 strains of T. tenuis, three strains of T. ceylonica and one strain each of T. nodosa and T. bouteillei, were evaluated for their phycobiliprotein content and composition. Significant differences among the Tolypothrix strains were found at both inter- and intra-specific levels in the production of phycobiliprotein constituents--phycocyanin (PC), allophycocyanin (APC) and phycoerythrin (PE). Four specific parameters, viz. PC or PE content, total phycobiliprotein and total protein content, and percentage of phycobiliproteins, in a mixture of total proteins were used to select four T. tenuis and one T. ceylonica strain as useful for phycobiliproteins production.

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