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Article: Algae
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2001 The Gale Group Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Algae
Scientists' concepts of which organisms should be termed
algae
(alga, singular; algae, plural; algal, adjective) have changed radically over the past two centuries. The term algae originally referred to almost all aquatic, photosynthetic organisms. But, as more has been learned about the evolutionary
EUKARYOTIC ALGAE
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| Division
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Common Name
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Pigments
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Habitats
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General Morphology
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| Glaucophyta
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Chlorophyll a
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Freshwater
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Unicellular flagellates
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Phycocyanin
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| Rhodophyta
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Red algae
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Chlorophyll a
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Mostly marine
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Unicells, filaments, thalli; no flagellated stages; some calcified, some mucilaginous
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Phycoerythrin
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Phycocyanin
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| Cryptophyta
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Cryptomonads
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Article: Green Star Releases Complete Algae Demonstration Report.
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......chronological technical report on its 2007-2008 algae (40,000 liter) demonstration facility. The Green Star algae facility (located in Montana) is one of the...milestone towards the commercial production of algae for energy and food. The algae industry is...
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