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Phycocolloid ecology of underutilized economic red algae

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Carrageenan and agar are structural cell wall components of several red algae. Both are sulfated polysaccharides, which can form gels in milk or water-based solutions. Of the two, carrageenan has a greater ash content and requires somewhat higher concentrations to gel; it is used widely in the food, cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries (Levring et al. 1969). Agar is employed principally as a bacteriological culture medium in hospitals and laboratories, but also has a wide variety of other applications (Chapman 1970).

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  1. Department of Botany and Plant Pathology, the Jackson Estuarine Laboratory of the University of New Hampshire, NH 03824, Durham, USA

    A. C. Mathieson, C. Emerich Penniman & E. Tveter-Gallagher

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  1. Atlantic Research Laboratory, National Research Council of Canada, 1411 Oxford Street, Halifax, N.S., B3H 3Z1, Canada

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Mathieson, A.C., Penniman, C.E., Tveter-Gallagher, E. (1984). Phycocolloid ecology of underutilized economic red algae. In: Bird, C.J., Ragan, M.A. (eds) Eleventh International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 22. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6560-7_111

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