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Table 4 Solvents used for Nile red solutions and the microalgae species on which they were applied

From: The use of fluorescent Nile red and BODIPY for lipid measurement in microalgae

Class

Order

Species

  

Solvent

  
   

Acetone

DMSO

Isopropanol

Ethanol

DMF

Bacillariophyceae

Naviculales

Phaeodactylum tricornutum

[52]

    
 

Bacillariales

Cylindrotheca sp.

[85]

    
  

Nitzschia sp.

[86]

    
 

Naviculales

Amphiprora sp.

[86]

    

Chlorodendrophyceae

Chlorodendrales

Tetraselmis sp.

[23]

    

Chlorophyceae

Chlamydomonadales

Dunaliella primolecta

[25]

    
  

Dunaliella salina

[40]

   

[84]

  

Dunaliella tertiolecta

 

[51]

   
 

Sphaeropleales

Scenedesmus dimorphus

[87]

  

[82]

 
  

Scenedesmus sp.

[52,53]

    
  

Neochloris oleoabundans

[88]

    
  

Scenedesmus obliquus

[46]

  

[82]

 
  

Ankistrodesmus pseudobraunii

 

[39]

   

Coscinodiscophycea

Thalassiosirales

Skeletonema marinoi

[89]

    
 

Chaetocerotales

Chaetoceros calcitrans

[25]

    
  

Chaetoceros socialis

[89]

    

Dinophyceae

Dinotrichales

Crypthecodinium cohnii

[17]

    
  

Gymnodinium sp.

[86]

    
 

Gonyaulacales

Alexandrium minutum

[89]

    

Eustigmatophyceae

Eustigmatales

Nannochloropsis sp.

[23,57,90]

    
  

Nannochloropsis gaditana

[42]

[42]

   

Prymnesiophyceae

Isochrysidales

Tisochrysis lutea

[49]

    

Trebouxiophyceae

Chlorellales

Auxenochlorella protothecoides

   

[82]

 
  

Chlorella pyrenoidosa

[57]

    
  

Chlorella saccharophila

  

[65]

  
  

Chlorella sorokiniana

[46]

    
  

Chlorella sp.

 

[24]

   
  

Chlorella vulgaris

[25,57]

[39]

 

[82]

 
  

Chlorella zofingiensis

[87]

[39]

   
  

Parachlorella kessleri

  

[50]

  
  

Pseudochlorococcum sp.

[87]

    
 

Trebouxiales

Botryococcus braunii

[18]

    
  1. DMF, dimethylformamide; DMSO, dimethylsulfoxide.