Table 2.

Oil content of some common microalgae [49, 114].

Microalgae	Oil content (% dry biomass weight)
Botryococcus braunii	25–80
Chlorella protothecoides	23–30
Chlorella vulgaris	14–40
Crypthecodinium cohnii	20
Cylindrotheca sp.	16–37
Dunaliella salina	14–20
Neochloris oleoabundans	35–65
Nitzschia sp.	45–47
Phaeodactylum tricornutum	20–30
Schizochytrium sp.	50–77
Spirulina maxima	4–9
Tetraselmis suecia	15–23