Certain marine brown algae contain algin, which is commercially important. Algin is a type of:
Carrageenan
Agar
Floridean starch
Phycocolloid
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Carrageenan, a sulfated polysaccharide, is primarily obtained from which algal group?
Phaeophyta
Rhodophyta
Chlorophyta
Chrysophyta
Which of these algae does NOT contribute significantly to carrageenan production?
Laminaria
Chondrus
Gigartina
Gelidium
An edible rhodophyte is?
Polysiphonia
Batrachospermum
Porphyra
Corallina
Floridean starch has a structure similar to:
Amylose and cellulose
Amylopectin and glycogen
Cellulose and chitin
Inulin and pectin
Which polysaccharide found in red algae shares structural similarities with amylopectin?
Laminarin
Agar
Carrageenan
Floridean starch
The storage carbohydrate in Rhodophyta is similar in structure to which of the following pairs?
Amylose and Cellulose
Amylopectin and Glycogen
Starch and Chitin
Inulin and Mannitol
Which algal division is characterized by the presence of a 'peculiar' type of nuclear division and the absence of flagellated stages in its life cycle?
Chlorophyta
Phaeophyta
Rhodophyta
Xanthophyta