Brock Biology of Microorganisms (15th Edition)
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Author: Michael T. Madigan, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, W. Matthew Sattley, David A. Stahl
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Red algae are also called “rhodophytes” comprise the organisms having both unicellular and multicellular type of body organization. Members of red algae are phototrophic in nature and contain “chlorophyll a and phycobiliproteins” in their chloroplast.
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