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The brown algae include the largest and fastest growing of seaweeds. [6] Fronds of Macrocystis may grow as much as 50 cm (20 in) per day, and the stipes can grow 6 cm (2.4 in) in a single day. [13] Growth in most brown algae occurs at the tips of structures as a result of divisions in a single apical cell or in a row of such
Turbinaria J.V. Lamouroux is a genus under family Sargassaceae, order Fucales, of the class Phaeophyceae (brown algae). Taxonomic classification is based on morphological characteristics including the shape of the leaves, vesicles, and receptacles, as well as the development of the axes. [4]
Dictyotaceae is large family of brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). [2] It is the only family in the monotypic order Dictyotales (from Greek diktyotos 'netlike'). [3] Members of this family generally prefer warmer waters than other brown algae and are prevalent in tropical and subtropical waters thanks to their many chemical defenses to ward off grazers.
Kelps are large brown algae or seaweeds that make up the order Laminariales. There are about 30 different genera. [3] Despite its appearance and use of photosynthesis in chloroplasts, kelp is technically not a plant but a stramenopile (a group containing many protists). [4]
These are the brown algae, [57] —some of which may reach 50 m in length [58] —the red algae, [59] and the green algae. [60] The most complex forms are found among the charophyte algae (see Charales and Charophyta ), in a lineage that eventually led to the higher land plants.
Brown algae have many unique characteristics in terms of their metabolism and cell biology. Ergo, brown algae and in particular, E. siliculosus, are often used for explorative research. Its genome was the first brown macroalgal genome to be sequenced, with the expectation that E. siliculosus will serve as a genetic and genomic model for brown ...
Sargassum is a genus of brown macroalgae in the order Fucales of the Phaeophyceae class. [1] Numerous species are distributed throughout the temperate and tropical oceans of the world, where they generally inhabit shallow water and coral reefs, and the genus is widely known for its planktonic (free-floating) species.
Seaweed is lifted out of the top of an algae scrubber/cultivator, to be discarded or used as food, fertilizer, or skin care. Alginates are used in industrial products such as paper coatings, adhesives, dyes, gels, explosives and in processes such as paper sizing, textile printing, hydro-mulching and drilling.