| 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] |