A Review of Enzymatic Transesterification of Microalgal Oil-Based Biodiesel Using Supercritical Technology

Table 6

Chemical composition of various microalgae (% dry weight).

Microalgae	Carbohydrates	Protein	Lipids	Reference (s)
Chaetoceros muelleri	19.3	46.9	33.2	[117]
I. galbana	26.8	47.9	14.5	[118]
Chaetoceros calcitrans	27.4	36.4	15.5	[118]
Isochrysis sp.	12.9	50.8	20.7	[119]
Prymnesiophyte (NT19)	8.4	41.3	14.7	[119]
Rhodomonas (NT15)	6.0	57.2	12	[119]
Cryptomonas (CRF101)	4.4	44.2	21.4	[119]
Chaetoceros (CS256)	13.1	57.3	16.8	[119]
C. protothecoides ^a	10.6	52.6	14.6	[120–122]
C. protothecoides ^b	15.4	10.3	55.2	[120, 121]
Microcystis aeruginosa	11.6	30.8	12.5	[122]
Nannochloropsis sp	29.0	10.7	60.7	[123]
S. obliquus	15	50.0	9.0	[124]
Oscillatoria limnetica	50	44.0	5.0	[124]
B. braunii	18.9	17.8	61.4	[125]
Botryococcus protuberans	16.8	14.2	52.2	[125]

^aAutotrophic cultivation.
^bHeterotrophic cultivation.