Table 1.

Microalgae biodiversity in Mexico.

State	Municipality/Location	Microalgae	References
Baja California	Ensenada	Aphanocapsa marina	[19]
		Komvophoron sp.
		Phormidium sp.
		Tetraselmis suecica
		Heterococcus sp.
		Amphora sp. (7)
		Cymbella sp. (2)
		Navicula sp. (4)
		Diploneis sp.
		Grammatophora angulosa
		Synedra sp.
Veracruz	Catemaco	Aphanothece comasii	[17]
		Cyanotetras aerotopa
		Cylindrospermopsis catemaco
		Cylindrospermopsis taverae
		Planktolyngbya regularis
San Luis Potosí		Cyanobacterium lineatum
Puebla	Alchichica	Cyclotella alchichicana
		Chroococcus deltoids
Baja California, Colima, Michoacan, Guerrero, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Hidalgo, Mexico city	Ensenada, Manzanillo, Lazaro Cardenas, Acapulco and Zihuatanejo, Laguna de Carpintero, Garrapatas and Barberena estuaries, Catemaco and Chalchoapan Lakes, Vicente Aguirre dam, Xochimilco Lake	Alexandrium tamarense Amphidinium sp. Cochlodinium polykrikoides Heterocapsa pigmea Gyrodinium instriatum Gymnodinium catenatum Karlodinium veneficum Prorocentrum gracile Prorocentrum micans Prorocentrum triestimum Prorocentrum mexicanum Prorocentrum rathymum Protoceratium reticulatum Scrippsiella trochoidea Bacillaria paxilifera Cylindrotheca closterium Pseudonitszchia delicatisima Chattonella marina	[21]
Mexico City	Mexico City	Spirulina maxima	[22]
Baja California Sur	La Paz	Rhabdonema sp.	[23]
		Schizochytrium sp.
		Nitzchia sp.
		Navicula sp.
		Grammatophora sp.
Mexico City	Mexico City	Spirulina platensis	[24]
		Spirulina maxima
Queretaro	Not specified	Oscillatoria sp.	[25]
Guanajuato	Valle de Santiago	Actinastrum sp.	[26]
Baja California Sur	La Paz	Lyngbya sp.	[27]
		Oscillatoria sp.
		Microcoleus sp.
		Anabaena sp.
Nuevo León	Apodaca	Scenedesmus sp.	[28]
	Cadereyta	Chlorella sorokiniana
Campeche	El Carmen	Anabaena sp.	[29]
		Oscillatoria sp.
		Anabaena sp.
		Cylindrospermopsis cuspis
Oaxaca	Zipolite	Dermocarpella sp.	[30]
Morelos	Tlaquiltenango	Nostoc sp.	[31]
Mexico City	Mexico City	Desmodesmus sp.	[32]
Coahuila	Cuatrociénegas	Scenedesmus sp.	[33]
Mexico City	Mexico City	Microcystis	[34]
Michoacan	Michoacan	Codium giraffa	[35]
Guerrero	Papanoa	Codium giraffa	[36]
Michoacán	Los Azufres	Trebouxiophyceae sp.	[37]