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. 2020 Sep 16;18(9):467. doi: 10.3390/md18090467

Table 1.

List of marine microalgae species for the co-production of multiple compounds.

Category Microalgae Species Metabolites References
Chlorophyta Chlamydomonas sp. JSC4 Fatty acid (20.256%) [19]
Lutein (0.382%)
Carbohydrate (~15%)
Protein (~40%)
Chlamydomonas sp. KNM0029C Biodiesel (15.6%) [20]
Bioethanol (14.4%)
Protein (24.2%)
Dunaliella salina Protein (419 pg/cell) [13]
Carotenoid (22 pg/cell)
Dunaliella salina Triglyceride (~8%) [21]
β-carotene (~11%)
Chlorella sp. AE10 Carbohydrate (75.9%) [22]
Lipid (15.53%)
Lutein (0.958%)
Stichococcus sp. Carbohydrate (40.63%) [23]
Protein (26.25%)
Lipid (11.56%)
Tetraselmis sp. CTP4 Lutein (0.317%) [24,25]
β-carotene (0.321%)
Protein (~40%)
Lipid (~5%)
Carbohydrate (~45%)
Chrysophyta Isochrysis zhangjiangensis Fucoxanthin (2.329%) [26]
Stearidonic acid (~2%)
Pigment (~5%)
Lipid (~25%)
Protein (~25%)
Carbohydrate (~25%)
Isochrysis sp. CCMP1324 Fucoxanthin (1.41%) [27]
DHA (1.71%)
Bacillariophyta Phaeodactylum tricornutum Fucoxanthin (~0.6%) [12]
EPA (~4.8%)
Lipid (~40%)
Cylindrotheca fusiformis Fucoxanthin (~0.5%) [12]
EPA (~2.1%)
Lipid (~40%)
Nitzschia laevis Fucoxanthin (1.56%) [28]
EPA (3.43%)
Lipid (~35%)
Thalassiosira weissflogii Fucoxanthin (0.95%) [29]
EPA (7.45%)
Lipid (45%)
Heterokontophyta Nannochloropsis gaditana EPA (~4%) [30]
Carotenoid (~1.3%)
Lipid (~24%)
Rhodophyta Rhodosorus sp. SCSIO-45730 Carbohydrate (43.8%) [31]
β-Glucan (19.4%)
Protein (~25%)
Lipid (7%)
Cyanophyta Spirulina sp. Carbonic anhydrase (25.5 U/g) [14]
C-phycocyanin (9%)
Allophycocyanin (7%)