Hi there. Does anyone know if microalgae (chlorophyta in particular) can use EPS (or polysaccharides) as source of energy? Can you reccomend me any paper where polysaccharides have been used as energy source (with or without success)?

Background of the question -> i'm trying to undersand if algal species in an only-algae consortium may benefit, in terms of energy, from polysaccharides released by other species.