Table 3.

Influence of different light intensity on the content and productivity of lipids in microalgae.

Investigated Light Intensity, μmol photons m−2 s−1 (lx)	Optimal Light Intensity for Lipid Synthesis, μmol photons m−2 s−1	Species and Strain	Class	Lipid Content, %	Lipid Productivity, mg L−1 day−1	References
130, 260, 390, 520	520	Chlorella vulgaris	Trebouxiophyceae	22.24	19	[18]
600		Chlorella vulgaris NIES-2170	Trebouxiophyceae		290	[98]
600		Chloroidium viscosum SAG 2338 (=Chlorella viscosa)	Trebouxiophyceae		81	[98]
600		Chlorella sorokiniana NIES-2169	Trebouxiophyceae		39	[98]
600		Graesiella emersonii NIES-2151 (=Chlorella emersonii)	Trebouxiophyceae		230	[98]
40, 200, 400	400	Chlorella sp.	Trebouxiophyceae	71.66 (NL)	51.36 (NL)	[44]
200		Chlorella sp. 589	Trebouxiophyceae	30.2	102	[96]
200		Chloroidium saccharophilum 477 (=Chlorella saccharophila)	Trebouxiophyceae	27.6	72,5	[96]
200		Chlorella sp. 800	Trebouxiophyceae	24.4	121	[96]
600		Parachlorella beijerinckii SAG 2046	Trebouxiophyceae		190	[98]
600		Parachlorella kessleri NIES-2152	Trebouxiophyceae		330	[98]
600		Parachlorella kessleri NIES-2159	Trebouxiophyceae		210	[98]
600		Parachlorella kessleri CCALA 25	Trebouxiophyceae		200	[98]
50, 250, 400	400	Scenedesmus sp. 11-1	Trebouxiophyceae	41.1		[104]
10–1000	200	Tetradesmus obliquus	Trebouxiophyceae	45.31		[53]
405		Choricystis sp. LBB13-AL045	Trebouxiophyceae		46.13	[105]
200		Botryococcus braunii KMITL 2	Trebouxiophyceae	54.69		[106]
84, 133, 182	182	Tetraselmis sp. V2	Chlorodendrophyceae	49.0		[89]
120		Tetraselmis suecica	Chlorophyceae	26.1	47.3	[107]
100–500	300	Chlamydomonas sp. JSC4	Chlorophyceae	43.1	312	[108]
200–800	500	Ettlia sp. YC001	Chlorophyceae		420	[49]
100, 200	200	Dunaliella salina Y6	Chlorophyceae	14.5		[79]
90–300	300	Haematococcus lacustris (=Haematococcus pluvialis)	Chlorophyceae	32.99		[109]
40, 200, 400	400	Monoraphidium dybowskii Y2	Chlorophyceae	60.65 (NL)	49.71 (NL)	[44]
50, 300, 600	600	Isochrysis galbana	Coccolithophyceae	31.71	21.67	[99]
50, 300, 600	600	Phaeodactylum tricornutum	Bacillariophyceae	39.53 (TAG)	31.39 (TAG)	[99]
60–750	60	Phaeodactylum tricornutum	Bacillariophyceae		112 (TAG)	[81]
170, 700	700	Nannochloropsis sp.	Eustigmatophyceae	47 (TAG)	360 (TAG)	[47]
50, 100, 200	100	Nannochloropsis sp.	Eustigmatophyceae	31.3		[75]
(3000, 4000, 5000)	5000	Arthrospira platensis (=Spirulina platensis)	Cyanophyceae	35.8		[50]