Gelidiaceae

Gelidiaceae
Gelidium corneum
Gelidium corneum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
(unranked): Archaeplastida
Division: Rhodophyta
Class: Florideophyceae
Order: Gelidiales
Family: Gelidiaceae
Kützing, 1843
Genera

The Gelidiaceae is a small family of red algae containing eight genera.[1] Many species of this algae are used to make agar.[2]

Drying Gelidium amansii to make agar
  1. ^ Santelices, B.; Hommersand, M. (1997-03-01). "Pterocladiella, a new genus in the Gelidiaceae (Gelidiales, Rhodophyta)". Phycologia. 36 (2): 114–119. doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-36-2-114.1. ISSN 0031-8884.
  2. ^ Seo, Yung-Bum; Lee, Youn-Woo; Lee, Chun-Han; You, Hack-Chul (April 2010). "Red algae and their use in papermaking". Bioresource Technology. 101 (7): 2549–53. doi:10.1016/j.biortech.2009.11.088. PMID 20022488.

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