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 |
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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) |