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Importance of Algae

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Make a lsit of algae and fungi that have a commercial value as source of food, chemicals, medicines and fodder.

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Algae

Some 70 species of marine algae are used for food, chemicals and medical purpose.

$\begin{matrix} Medicine & Chemical & Food Corollina - c a p a b l e i n c u r i n g & Phycolloids i t i n c l u d e s a g a r, & P o r p h y r a (f l o w e r), R h o d y m e n i a w o r m i n f e c t i o n & c a r r a g e e n i n a n d f u n o r i . & (p u l s e), C h o n d r u s (T h i s h m o s s) P o l y s i p h o n i a - P o s s e s s & Alginic acid i t i s a & R h o d y m e n i a (s h e e p^{'} s w e e d) i s a n t i b a c t e r i a l p r o p e r t y . & p h y c o l l o i d s o b t a i n e d & a l s o u s e d a s f o d d e r c o m m e r c i a l l y f r o m L a m i n a r i a, M a c r o c y s t i s Carrageenan i s a n & L a m i n a r i a, A l a r i a m c o a g u l a n t . & M a c r o c y s t i s, S a r g a s s u m a r e u s e d a s f o o d i n m a n y c o u n t r i e s . S o d i u m l a m i n a r i n s u l p h a t e & N e r o c y s t i s, F u c u s, S a r g a s s u m, & T h e e d i b l e b r o w n a l g a e a r e a c t a s a a n t i c o a g u l a n t . & e t c . & u s e d a s f o d d e r . A s c o p h y l l u m a n d L a m i n a r i a & i t i s u s e d a s s a l t s i n o b t a i n i n g & U l v a, C a u l e r p a, E n t e r o m o r p h a, b e a r s a n t i b i o t i c p r o p e r t i e s . & e m u l s i o n s (i c e - c r e a m s, & C h l o r e l l a c a n y i e l d f o o d r i c h i n D u r v i l l e a h a s v e r m i f u g e & o i n t m e n t s, t o o t h p a s t s, & l i p i d s, p r o t e i n s, v i t a m i n s a n d p r o p e r t i e s . & c o s m e t i c s, c r e a m s, e t c) & m i n e r a l s . A n t i b i o t i c s c a n b e e x t r a c t e d & C h l a m y d o m o n a s, C h l o r e l l a, & - - - f r o m C h l o r e l l a a n d C a u l e r p a . & S c e n e d e s m u s p l a y a n i m p o r t a n t r o l e i n s e w a g e o x i d a t i o n \end{matrix}$

Fungi

The role of Fungi was established in early history yeast have been used in making of bread and alcohol since, the beginning of cultivation the discovery of pencilin, that marked the beginning of a new approach to microbial diseases in human health.

More recent approaches include the application of hydrophins to surfaces leading to the biocompatibility of implants and to emulsion formation improving drug delivery.

Products of fungi in medicine, chemical and food are

$\begin{matrix} Medicine & Chemical & Food P e n i c i l l i n (P e n c i l l i u m & A s p e r g i l l u s n i g e r & F e r m e n t a t i o n - A s p e r g i l l u s n o t a t u m a n d P . c h y r s o & o r g z a e y e a s t - S a c c h a r o m y c e s g e n u m), g l y o t o x i n . & a b c & r o x i i c h i t r i n i n e (T r i c h o d e r m a s p .) & A w e n t i l a n d M u c o r i n & C h e e s e p r o d u c t i o n - b y (P e n i c i l l i u m c i t r i n i n e) . & p r o d u c t i o n o f c i t r i c a c i d . & p e n i c i l l i u m c o m e m b e r t i a n d p e n i c i l l i u m r o q u e f o r t i B a c c a t i n - A (G i b b e r e l l a & A s p e r g i l l u s n i g e r a n d P . & C o l o u r o f f o o d s - b y M o n o a s u s b a c c a t e r & p u r p u r o g e n u m i n p r o d u c t i o n & p u r p u r e u s o f (g l u c o n i c a c i d) . E r g o t i n e (C l a v i c e p s & P . g l a c u m a n d A . g a l l o m y c e s p u r p u r e a), c l a v i c i n & f o r m s (g a l l i c a c i d) (A s p e r g i l l u s c l o u e r t u s F l a v i n (A . f l a v o u s a n d A . f u m i g a t t e s) . \end{matrix}$

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