Table 2.

Biochemical composition of different species of microalgae.

Species	Class	% Protein (w/w)	% Carbs (w/w)	% Fat (w/w)	References
Phaeodactylum tricornutum	Bacillariophyceae	34.8	16.8	16.1	[45,46]
Nitzschia closterium	Bacillariophyceae	26	9.8	13	[45]
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii	Chlorophyceae	48	17	21	[47]
Dunaliella tertiolecta	Chlorophyceae	11	-	-	[48]
Dunaliella primolecta	Chlorophyceae	12	-	-	[49]
Dunaliella salina	Chlorophyceae	57	32	6	[47]
Dunaliella sp.	Chlorophyceae	34.17	14.57	14.36	[50]
Scenedesmus obliquus	Chlorophyceae	48–56	10–17	12–14	[47,51]
Scenedesmus sp.	Chlorophyceae	31	28	15	[50]
Chaetoceros calcitrans	Coscinodiscophyceae	34	6.0	16	[45]
Chaetoceros calcitrans	Coscinodiscophyceae	40	37	23	[52]
Chaetoceros gracilis	Coscinodiscophyceae	12	4.7	7.2	[45]
Chaetoceros muelleri	Coscinodiscophyceae	59	10	31	[52]
Skeletonema costatum	Coscinodiscophyceae	25	4.6	10	[45]
Thalassiosira pseudonana	Coscinodiscophyceae	34	8.8	19	[45]
Spirulina maxima	Cyanophyceae	60–71	13–16	6-7	[47]
Synechococcus sp.	Cyanophyceae	63	15	11	[47]
Nannochloropsis sp.	Eustigmatophyceae	30	10	22	[50]
Nannochloropsis granulata	Eustigmatophyceae	18–34	27–36	24–28	[46]
Pavlova sp.	Pavlovophyceae	24–29	6–9	9–14	[45,47]
Porphyridium cruentum	Porphyridiophyceae	28–39	40-57	9–14	[47]
Tetraselmis chuii	Prasinophyceae	31–46	25	12	[45,46]
Tetraselmis sp.	Prasinophyceae	36	24	-	[53]
Prymnesium sp.	Prymnesiophyceae	28–45	25–33	22–38	[54]
Isochrysis galbana	Prymnesiophyceae	27	34	11	[55]
Schizochytrium sp.	Thraustochytriaceae	-	-	50–77	[56]
Botryococcus braunii	Trebouxiophyceae	39–40	19–31	25–34	[46]
Chlorella pyrenoidosa	Trebouxiophyceae	57	26	2	[56]
Chlorella vulgaris	Trebouxiophyceae	51–58	12–17	14–22	[47]