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Table 1 Noteworthy microalgae species and their biotechnological applications for production of high-value metabolites

From: Biomass from microalgae: the potential of domestication towards sustainable biofactories

Application

Industrial and medical field

Cosmetics and food colorant

High-value metabolites

Biofuel

Dietary supplement and nutraceuticals

Bioproduct category

Microalgae species (metabolite)

Polysaccharides

Chlorella spp. (β-glucans, starch)

Porphyridium cruentum

Netrium digitus

Phycotoxins

Amphidinium

Dinophysis

Prorocentrum

Phycobiliproteins

Red algae (Phycoerythrin)

Phycobiliproteins

Arthrospyra platensis (phycocyanin)

Carotenoids

Arthrospyra platensis

Chlorella vugaris

Haematococcus pluvialis

Chlorella zofingiensis (astaxanthin)

Dunaliella salina (β-carotene)

Mycosporine-like amino acids

Aphanizomenon flos-aquae

Vitamins

Euglena gracilis (biotin, α-tocopherol)

Prototheca moriformis (ascorbic acid)

Arthrospyra platensis

Chlorella spp.

Proteins

Arthrospyra platensis

Chlorella spp.

Oil to biodiesel

Botryococcus braunii

Chlorella spp.

Dunaliella salina

Monoraphidium

contortum

Scenedesmus spp.

Carbohydrate to bioethanol

Spirogyra spp.

Chlorococum spp.

Bio-hydrogen

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii

Polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs)

Parietochloris incise

Porphyridium spp. (arachidonic acid)

Arthrospyra platensis

Rhodomonas salina

Tetraselmis uecica (α-linolenic acid)

Chlorella minutissima

Monodosus spp.

Nannochloropsis spp.

Neochloris oleoabundans

Pavlova lutheri (eicosapentaenoic acid)

Crypthecodiuimu spp.

Isochrysis galbana

Schizochytrium spp.

Thalassiosira spp.

Thraustochytrium spp.

(docosahexaenoic acid)