Table 1.

Examples of microalgal strains being evaluated for TAG production

Strain	Lipid content (% of DCW)	Lipid productivity (mg/L/d)	Reference
Chaetoceros calcitrans CS 178	40	18	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Chaetoceros muelleri F&M‐M43	34	22	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Chlorella protothecoides	43–46	1881–1840	Cheng et al. (2009)
Chlorella protothecoides	55	932	Xu et al. (2006)
Chlorella sorokiniana IAM‐212	19	45	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Chlorella vulgaris	21	254	Liang et al. (2009)
Chlorella vulgaris	5.1	180	Gouveia and Oliveira (2009)
Chlorella zofingiensis	51	354	Liu et al. (2011)
Chlorococcum sp. UMACC 112	19	54	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Dunaliella tertiolecta	17	120	Gouveia and Oliveira (2009)
Isochrysis sp. F&M‐M28	22	38	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Monodus subterraneus UTEX 151	16	30	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Nannochloropsis oculata	23–30	84–142	Chiu et al. (2009)
Nannochloropsis sp.	35–48	385–413	Pal et al. (2011)
Nannochloropsis sp.	29	90	Gouveia and Oliveira (2009)
Neochloris oleoabundans	29	90	Gouveia and Oliveira (2009)
Pavlova lutheri CS 182	36	50	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Scenedesmus obliquus	39	79	Ho et al. (2010)
Scenedesmus obliquus	18	90	Gouveia and Oliveira (2009)
Scenedesmus quadricauda	18	35	Rodolfi et al. (2009)
Spirulina maxima	4	210	Gouveia and Oliveira (2009)
Tetraselmis sp. F&M‐M34	15	43	Rodolfi et al. (2009)

DCW, dry cell weight.