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Ten monoclonal microalgal cultures were obtained from several Tunisian inland water bodies, and their dichloromethane and methanolic extracts were screened for antibacterial, antileishmanial, and antioxidant properties, as well as phycobiliprotein production capacity.  Cylindrospermopsis raciborskii  has been shown to synthesize high levels of phycocyanin and may be an effective alternative source to other sources used for commercial production of phycocyanin.  Chroococcus  sp. and  Leptolyngbya  sp1. exhibited the strongest radical scavenging activity against DPPH (IC 50  = 212.15 and 263.91 μg ml −1 , respectively), indicating their promising potential for use as new effective and non-toxic antioxidants. Furthermore,  Dunaliella  sp. showed an interesting antileishmanial activity against the pathogens  Leishmania infantum  and  Leishmania major  (IC 50  = 151 and 284 μg ml −1 , respectively), thus representing a good candidate for use against cutaneous and visceral leishmaniasis in Tunisia, a country endemic to these diseases where thousands of new cases are registered every year. These results suggest that the strains of microalgae featured in this work have the potential to serve as natural alternative, safe and sustainable sources of high value-added products that could be used to improve the final biomass value.

Tunisian inland water microflora as a source of phycobiliproteins and biological activity with beneficial effects on human health