Table 5 Summary of the most productive strains emerging from the screen.
From: Unlocking nature’s treasure-chest: screening for oleaginous algae
No. | Species | Biomass | TFA | Carbohydrate | Protein | EPA | DHA | SDA | GLA | Total ω-3 FA | N-assim. | Potential application/comment |
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1 | Monodopsis subterranea CCAP 848/1* | +++ | +++ | +++ | Protein/EPA-rich feeds/aquaculture | |||||||
2 | Nannochloropsis gaditana CCAP 849/5 | +++ | +++ | Biofuels: TFA 36%DW | ||||||||
3 | Nannochloropsis oceanica CCAP 849/10† | +++ | +++ | Biofuels: TFA >50%DW | ||||||||
4 | Nannochloropsis oceanica CCAP 211/46 | +++ | +++ | Biofuels: TFA 40%DW | ||||||||
5 | Dunaliella polymorpha CCAP 19/14 | +++ | +++ | Bioethanol/gas: carbohydrate >60%DW | ||||||||
6 | Tetraselmis sp. CCAP 66/60‡ | +++ | ++ | + | Mariculture/feeds: balanced composition | |||||||
7 | Cylindrotheca fusiformis CCAP 1017/2 | ++ | ++ | +++ | Biofuel/Model for C14 biofuel, flocculates | |||||||
8 | Nannochloropsis oceanica CCAP 211/78† | ++ | +++ | Biofuels: TFA 42% | ||||||||
9 | Chlorella vulgaris CCAP 211/21A | + | +++ | +++ | Biofuel/feeds: TFA>50% DW, ALA 13% TFA | |||||||
10 | Rhodella violaceae CCAP 1388/6 | + | + | Biogas/N-remediation. High DW yields | ||||||||
11 | Cyclotella cryptica CCAP 1070/2 | + | + | +++ | + | EPA source (16% in TFA): TFA 24% DW | ||||||
12 | Eustigmatos vischeri CCAP 860/7* | +++ | +++ | Protein/EPA-rich feeds: protein 20% DW | ||||||||
13 | Isochrysis sp. CCAP 927/12 | +++ | ++ | Mariculture/feeds: DHA-rich | ||||||||
14 | Tisochrysis lutea CCAP 927/14 | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | Mariculture/feeds: ω-3’s, protein 15%DW | ||||||
15 | Prymnesium parvum CCAP 946/4 | + | +++ | ++ | ++ | DHA source (14% in TFA): TFA 16% DW | ||||||
16 | Pavlova salina CCAP 940/3 | ++ | ++ | + | EPA/DHA (14%/6% in TFA): TFA 20% DW | |||||||
17 | Chroomonas placoidea CCAP 978/8 | +++ | +++ | +++ | Mariculture/feed: protein 14% DW | |||||||
18 | Dictyo. ehrenbergianum CCAP 222/1A* | +++ | GLA source (6% in TFA): TFA 17%DW | |||||||||
19 | Dictyo. ehrenbergianum CCAP 222/1C* | +++ | Aquaculture: ω-3 long-chain PUFA rich | |||||||||
20 | Pleurochrysis dentata CCAP 944/2 | +++ | SDA source (11% in TFA): TFA 18% DW |