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MethodsX, 15 (2025) 103416. doi:10.1016/j.mex.2025.103416 CRISPR-Cas9 protocol Chlamydomonas Microalgae Indel detection, knockout mutants Simple and quick A quick-to-implement and optimized CRISPR-Cas9 protocol to obtain insertional and small indel mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii Mariano A. De Silvio Camila Sánchez-Retuerta M. Águila Ruiz-Sola Olga Baidukova Elena Monte uuid:fd8cfc10-4791-4a8b-8025-00abb91efa0c uuid:678e7b09-3c44-4658-a4a1-99a0f7dc2d75 journal © 2025 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. 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