Classification of organellophagy
| Cargo organelle | Macroautophagy | Microautophagy | ||
| Yeast | Human | Yeast | Human | |
| Peroxisome | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Mitochondrion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Lipid droplet | ND | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Nucleus | ND | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Lysosome | ND | ✓ | ND | ND |
| Endoplasmic reticulum | ✓ | ND | ND | ND |
| Ribosome | ✓a | ND | ND | ND |
| Cargo organelle | Macroautophagy | Microautophagy | ||
| Yeast | Human | Yeast | Human | |
| Peroxisome | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Mitochondrion | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Lipid droplet | ND | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Nucleus | ND | ✓ | ✓ | ND |
| Lysosome | ND | ✓ | ND | ND |
| Endoplasmic reticulum | ✓ | ND | ND | ND |
| Ribosome | ✓a | ND | ND | ND |
ND, not determined.
Ribophagy seems to depend on macroautophagy rather than microautophagy, although this has not yet been confirmed morphologically.