Table 1.

The structural features of laminarin in stramenopiles.

Species	Mw/DP	DB	Branches	Yield	Reference
Phaeodactylum tricornutum	nd		β-1,6	14%	[24]
Phaeodactylum tricornutum	DP 17	0.015	β-1,6		[25]
Skeletonema costatum	6–13kDa		β-1,6 β-1,2	32%	[26]
Stauroneis amphixys	4kDa DP~24		β-1,6 β-1,2	nd	[27]
Achnanthes longipes	nd		β-1,6 β-1,2	nd	[28]
Craspedostauros australis	>10 kDa		β-1,6	nd	[29]
Aulacoseira baicalensis	3–5 kDa		nd	0.9%	[11]
Stephanodiscus meyerii	40 kDa	0.053	β-1,6 β-1,3	0.5%	[30]
Stephanodiscus meyerii	2–6 kDa	0.25	β-1,6 β-1,3	0.4%	[30]
Aulacoseira baicalensis	nd	0.11	β-1,6 β-1,3 mannitol	0.6%	[11]
Chaetoceros muelleri	DP 22–24	0.006–0.009	β-1,6 β-1,3	nd	[16]
Thalassiosira weissflogii	DP 5–13		No branch	nd	[16]
Chaetoceros debilis	4.9 kDa, DP 30		β-1,6	10%	[31]
Odontella aurita	7.75 kDa,		β-1,6	15.09%	[17]
a Nannochloropsis gaditana	DP 8	0.028–0.105	β-1,6 mannitol	0.5%	[9,13]
b Nannochloropsis gaditana	DP 8.1–9.2	0.0036–0.0071	β-1,6 mannitol	0.5%	[9,13]
Poterioochromonas malhamensis	16.7 kDa		β-1,6	55%	[10]

Note: nd, not determined; DP, degree of polymerization; DB, degree of branching; Yield, the chrysolaminarin in % of diatom dry weight. ^a: ¹H-NMR analysis; ^b: linkage analysis.