Table 1.

Lipid content of selected microalgal strains.

Species	Total Lipid Content (% of DW)	Neutral Lipid Content (% of Total Lipid)	Ref.
Nannochloropsis	37–60	23–58	[16]
Isochrysis	25–33	80	[1,22]
Dunaliella salina	23	30	[23,24]
Haematococcus pluvialis	16–35	50–59	[25]
Neochloris oleoabundans	2–47	23–73	[26]
Phaeodactylum tricornutum	20–30	-	[27]
Crypthecodinium cohnii	20	-	[1]
Spirulina platensis	7.6–8.2	-	[28]
Tetraselmis maculata	8	-	[27]
Scenedesmus obliquus	12–14	-	[27]