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Porphyridium cruentum is a species of red algae in the family Porphyridiophyceae.. The microalga Porphyridium sp. is a potential source for several products like fatty acids, lipids, cell-wall polysaccharides and pigments .
[4] [5] The biodiversity of microalgae is enormous and they represent an almost untapped resource. It has been estimated that about 200,000-800,000 species in many different genera exist of which about 50,000 species are described. [6] Over 15,000 novel compounds originating from algal biomass have been chemically determined. [7]
Dunaliella salina is a type of halophile unicellular green algae especially found in hypersaline environments, such as salt lakes and salt evaporation ponds. [2] Known for its antioxidant activity because of its ability to create a large amount of carotenoids , it is responsible for most of the primary production in hypersaline environments ...
Emiliania huxleyi was named after Thomas Huxley and Cesare Emiliani, who were the first to examine sea-bottom sediment and discover the coccoliths within it.It is believed to have evolved approximately 270,000 years ago from the older genus Gephyrocapsa Kampter [8] [9] and became dominant in planktonic assemblages, and thus in the fossil record, approximately 70,000 years ago.