TABLE 1.
Major producers of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs).
| Major producing genera | Class | Compound of interest | References |
| Ankistrodesmus | Chlorophyta | Hexadecatetraenoic acid (C16:4ω3) | Sathasivam et al., 2019 |
| Chlamydomonas | Chlorophyta | Hexadecatetraenoic acid (C16:4ω3) | Ramanan et al., 2013 |
| Dunaliella | Chlorophyta | Hexadecatetraenoic acid (C16:4ω3) | Lee et al., 2014 |
| Tetraselmis | Chlorophyta | Hexadecatetraenoic acid (C16:4ω3) | Shin et al., 2018 |
| Botryococcus | Chlorophyta | Linoleic acid (C18:2ω6) | Pérez-Mora et al., 2016 |
| Chlorella | Chlorophyta | Linoleic acid (C18:2ω6) | Kholif et al., 2017 |
| Chlorococcum | Chlorophyta | Linoleic acid (C18:2ω6) | Bhagavathy et al., 2011 |
| Tetraselmis | Chlorophyta | Linoleic acid (C18:2ω6) | Kim et al., 2016 |
| Botryococcus | Chlorophyta | α-linolenic acid (C18:3ω3) | Pérez-Mora et al., 2016 |
| Chlamydomonas | Chlorophyta | α-linolenic acid (C18:3ω3) | Ramanan et al., 2013 |
| Chlorella | Chlorophyta | α-linolenic acid (C18:3ω3) | Kholif et al., 2017 |
| Dunaliella | Chlorophyta | α-linolenic acid (C18:3ω3) | Chen et al., 2015 |
| Micromonas | Chlorophyta | α-linolenic acid (C18:3ω3) | Petrie et al., 2010 |
| Scenedesmus | Chlorophyta | α-linolenic acid (C18:3ω3) | Girard et al., 2014 |
| Tetraselmis | Chlorophyta | α-linolenic acid (C18:3ω3) | Kim et al., 2016 |
| Chlorococcum | Chlorophyta | γ-linolenic acid (C18:3ω6) | Bhagavathy et al., 2011 |
| Dunaliella | Chlorophyta | γ-linolenic acid (C18:3ω6) | Chen et al., 2015 |
| Micromonas | Chlorophyta | Stearidonic acid (C18:4ω3) | Petrie et al., 2010 |
| Tetraselmis | Chlorophyta | Stearidonic acid (C18:4ω3) | Kim et al., 2016 |
| Porphyridium | Rhodophyta | Arachidonic acid (C20:4ω6) | Su et al., 2016 |
| Chlorella | Chlorophyta | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Kholif et al., 2017 |
| Dunaliella | Chlorophyta | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Chen et al., 2015 |
| Monodus | Eustigmatophyceae | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Chauton et al., 2015 |
| Nannochloropsis | Eustigmatophyceae | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Pal et al., 2011 |
| Nitzschia | Diatom | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Mao et al., 2020 |
| Odontella | Diatom | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Guihéneuf et al., 2010 |
| Pavlova | Haptophyta | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Guihéneuf et al., 2010 |
| Phaeodactylum | Diatom | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Cui et al., 2021 |
| Tetraselmis | Chlorophyta | Eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA, C20:5ω3) | Tsai et al., 2016 |
| Crypthecodinium | Dinoflagellate | Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6ω3) | Enzing et al., 2014 |
| Isochrysis | Haptophyta | Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6ω3) | Pei et al., 2017 |
| Tisochrysis | Haptophyta | Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6ω3) | Hu et al., 2019 |
| Schizochytrium | thraustochytrids1 | Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6ω3) | Hu et al., 2020 |
| Pyramimonas | Chlorophyta | Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA, C22:6ω3) | Boelen et al., 2013 |
1Although commonly referred as microalgae, thraustochytrids do not contain chloroplasts and are obligate heterotrophic protists.