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. 2023 Jul 26;61(5):847–860. doi: 10.1007/s13197-023-05785-1

Table 2.

Microalgal polyunsaturated fatty acids production from various organic carbon sources

Microalgae Carbon source PUFAs Yield References
T. pseudonana Crude glycerol EPA 8.41 ± 0.15% Baldisserotto et al. (2021)
Chlorella pyrenoidosa Glucose Linolic acid 16.3 ± 0.99% Ratnapuram et al. (2018)
Porphyridium purpureum Sodium acetate ARA 0.38% (v/v) Jiao et al. (2018)
P. tricornutum Crude glycerol EPA 45.52 ± 2.72% Penhaul Smith et al. (2023)
C. vulgaris Glucose and industrial oleaginous residue γ-linolenic acid 4.9% Rosa et al. (2020)
Phaeodactylum tricornutum Glucose EPA 23.6% Hamilton et al. (2016)
P. tricornutum Glycerol EPA 31.36 ± 5.4 mg/L Kim et al., (2023)
Tetradesmus obliquus Beet molasses Linoleic acid 20.19% Piasecka et al. (2020)
Chlorococcum sp. Dairy effluent Linoleic acid 10.80% Ummalyma and Sukumaran (2014)
P. tricornutum

Spruce

(SH) hydrolysates

DHA 4.89% Patel et al. (2019a, b)
I. galbana 1% D-glucose Linoleic acid 87.9 mg/g Nicodemou et al. (2022)
Scenedesmus obliquus Glucose Linoleic acid 26.9 ± 0.0% Shen et al. (2020)
Spirulina platensis Sodium acetate Linoleic acid 1.38 ± 0.21% Lu et al. (2021a, b)
C. pyrenoidosa Hydrolysate C16:2, C16:3, C18:2, C18:3 & C18:4 35.3% Zhang et al. (2020)
Crypthecodinium cohnii Lignocellulosic biomass DHA 2.2 g/L Karnaouri et al. (2020)
Phaeodactylum tricornutum Spruce hydrolysate mixed with f/2 medium EPA 19.69 mg/L/day Patel et al. (2019a, b)
Fistulifera sp EPA 17.1% Liang et al. (2013)
Chlorococcum humicola LA 10.45% of TFA Hena et al. (2015)
Nannochloropsis oculata Glucose EPA 30% Menegol et al. (2019)
Chlorella vulgaris Glucose Linoleic 5.8 ± 0.1 g /100 g Canelli et al. (2022)
T. obliquus Acetate + glycerol Linoleic 11.2 ± 0.4% Patnaik and Mallick (2020)
Chlorella pyrenoidosa Glucose + NaHCO3 Arachidonic acid 1.2 ± 0.01 Ratnapuram et al. (2018)
Chlorella sp Glucose Linolenic Acid 11.7–19.8% Gao et al. (2019)
N. oceanica Glucose EPA 28.09% Mitra and Mishra (2018)
C. vulgaris Dextrose + Bicarbonate Linolenic Acid 10.44% Whang chai et al. (2021)
C. kessleri Glucose Alpha linolenic 22.2% Deng et al. (2019)