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Sizes of commonly cultured algae |
| Type | Name | Cell diameter (microns) | Ease of culture (1-3, where 1 = easy). Where no value is given no information is available |
| Diatoms | Skeletonema costatum | 6.0 | 1 |
| Chaetoceros calcitrans | 2.5 | 3 | |
| Chaetoceros gracilis | 6.0 | - | |
| Phaeodactylum tricornutum | 5.0 | - | |
| Thalassiosira pseudonana | 5.5 | 1 | |
| Flagellates | Chlamydomonas coccoides | 7.0 | - |
| Nannochloris occulata | 2.0 | - | |
| Dunaliella tertiolecta | 6.5 | - | |
| Chroomonas salina | 7.0 | - | |
| Tetraselmis suecica | 8.5 | 1 | |
| Pyramimonas virginica | 4.0 | - | |
| Isochrysis galbana or T.ISO | 5.0 | 3 | |
| Monochrysis lutheri | 4.0 | 3 | |
| Pseudoisochrysis paradoxa | 5.0 | 3 |