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Table 1 Biomass and lipid in various green algae species

From: Microalgae biofuels: illuminating the path to a sustainable future amidst challenges and opportunities

Species

Biomass (g L−1)

Biomass productivity (mg L−1 d−1)

Lipid content (%, W/WDW)

Lipid productivity (mg L−1 d−1)

References

Ankistrodesmus braunii

1.43–1.57

ND

22.1–34.4

ND

[47]

Ankistrodesmus falcatus

1.4–2.29

340

16.49–53

56.07

[20, 47, 48]

Ankistrodesmus fusiformis

0.93–3.04

62.3–240

20.66–38.28

18.94–116.88

[20, 49]

Botryococcus braunii

0.5–2.74

104–250

20.4–74.4

48.3–112.43

[20, 50, 51]

Chlamydomonas sp.

2.49–6.09

240–280

4–46.2

36.17–380

[20, 52, 53]

Chromochloris zofingiensis (Chlorella zofingiensis)

8.3

171.4–691.67

30–64.5

36–445.7

[54,55,56]

Chlorella protothecoides

ND

ND

11.1–42.3

15.25

[57, 58]

Chlorella sorokiniana

ND

43–100

44

22.2

[59, 60]

C. vulgaris

2.83–3.47

234–730

11.9–54.2

30.2–204.91

[20, 57, 61, 62]

Chlorococcum sp.

ND

ND

20.77–38.9

22

[63, 64]

Desmodesmus brasiliensis

ND

130

17.99–24.2

23.39

[20, 65]

D. salina

1.23

50–150

18.9–25.1

10.26–36.48

[66, 67]

Dunaliella sp.

ND

150

22–33

33–39.3

[67]

Dunaliella tertiolecta

1.30

81

18–50

8.4–20.2

[68, 69]

Haematococcus pluvialis

0.57–0.79

80.71–112.14

13–35.9

ND

[70, 71]

Nannochloris sp.

0.17–0.75

18.1–83.44

26.29–53.13

29.21–59.03

[13]

Neochloris oleoabundans (Ettlia oleoabundans)

ND

386.5–413.1

13.1–74.5

46.7–172.6

[72,73,74,75,76]

Raphidocelis subcapitata (Pseudokirchneriella subcapitata)

ND

80

16.3–28.43

22.74

[20, 77]

Scenedesmus dimorphus

0.75–1.16

44–68

15.14–29.15

15.449

[78]

Scenedesmus incrassatulus

0.99–3.95

ND

19.7–37.7

ND

[47]

Tetradesmus obliquus (Scenedesmus obliquus)

0.5–1.5

50–160

16.73–55

26.77

[20, 79,80,81]