Table 2.

Nutrient content of several microalgae species

Microalgal strains	Composition (%)			Ref.
	Lipids	Protein	Carbohydrates
Haematococcus pluvialis	15	48	27	[103]
Dunaliella	25–75	50–80	10–25	[61,62]
Botryococcus braunii	33	39.61	2.38	[63]
Nannochloropsis sp.	22–31	33–44	8–14	[155]
Botryococcus	25–75	3–10	17–21	[64,65]
Scenedesmus quadricauda	1.9	47	21–52	[156]
Chlamydomonas	20–25	47–50	15–20	[66,67]
Synechococcus sp.	11	63	15	[68]
C. vulgaris	14–22	12–17	1–58	[69]
Arthrospira platensis (Spirulina)	7–23	57–65	20–30	[70,71]
Isochrysis galbana	12–14	50–56	10–17	[155]
Porphyridium cruentum	5.78–7.55	27.7–40.8	22.8–39.3	[72]
Spirulina maxima	6–7	60–71	13–16	[155]
Tetraselmis maculata	3	52	15	[156]
Nannochloropsis granulata (CCMP-535)	33.5	23.6	36.2	[73–75,182]
Phaeodactylum tricornutum (CCMP-1327)	18.2	39.6	25.2
Arthrospira platensis	14.2	55.8	22.2
Tetraselmis chuii (PLY-429)	12.3	46.5	25.0