Transformation method | Diatom species | Target organelle | Resistance marker | Refs |
Electroporation | P. tricornutum | Nucleus | Nitrate reductase | [123] |
Zeocin | [110] | |||
Phleomycin | [105] | |||
Plastid | Chloramphenicol | [112] | ||
Multipulse electroporation | P. tricornutum | Nucleus | Zeocin | [122] |
Chaetoceros gracilis | Nucleus | Nourseothricin | [46] | |
PEG mediated | P. tricornutum | Nucleus | Phleomycin | [105] |
Conjugation | P. tricornutum | Nucleus | Phleomycin and nourseothricin | [105] |
T. pseudonana | Nucleus |
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Gene Gun (Biolistic approach) | P. tricornutum | Nucleus | Zeocin | [111] |
[72] | ||||
[127] | ||||
[47] | ||||
[102] | ||||
Phleomycin | [78] | |||
Seminavis robusta | Nucleus | Nourseothricin | [128] | |
Cyclotella cryptica Navicula saprophila | Nucleus | Geneticin | [120] | |
Amphora coffeaeformis | Nucleus | Nourseothricin | [129] | |
Cylindrotheca fusiformis | Nucleus | Zeocin | [130] | |
T. pseudonana | Nucleus | Nourseothricin | [104] | |
Chaetoceros sp. | Nucleus | [48] | ||
Fistulifera sp. | Nucleus | Geneticin | [49] | |
Fistulifera solaris | Nucleus | [103] | ||
P. tricornutum | Chloroplast | DCMUa | [113] |