Sl. No.
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Genus Name
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Species Name
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Application
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1
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Nostoc
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Nostoc punctiforme
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Fixes carbon dioxide and nitrogen; produces hydrogen; survives acidic, anaerobic, and low-temperature conditions.
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2
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Lyngbia
  |
Lyngbia sp.
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Assay of Antibacterial activity
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3
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Anabaena
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Anabaena variabilis
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Filamentous heterocyst-forming; fixes nitrogen and carbon dioxide; produces hydrogen.
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4
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Porphyra
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Porphyra vietnamensis
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Used as food or food supplements, protein source, minerals and trace elements
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5
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Dunaliella
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Dunaliella salina
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Used in mass culture as a commercial source for glycerol and the orange pigment beta-carotene.
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6
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Spirulina
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Spirulina plantesis
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Used as protein source, rich source of beta-carotene, thiamine, riboflavin,
Used in pharmaceuticals
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Spirulina subsalsa
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Used as food supplement, rich source of beta-carotene, thiamine, riboflovin
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7
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Macrocystis
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Macrocystis sp.
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Produce polysaccharides
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8
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Graceleria
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Graceleria verrucosa
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Produce polysaccharides, nutrient rich
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9
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Palmaria
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Palmaria palmate
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Used as protein source
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Palmaria stenogona
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Used as protein source
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10
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Phormidium
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Phormidium valderianum
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Complete aquaculture feed source,
Source of phycocyanin,
Degradation of phenol, Production of extracellular B lactamase
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Phormidium lucidum
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Production of phytobilin pigments
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Phormidium fragile
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Phormidium tenue
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Used as pharmaceuticals, Production of hydrogen
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11
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Sargassum
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Sargassum pallidum
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Unique source of PUFA
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Sargassum natans
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Unique source of PUFA
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12
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Ulva
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Ulva lactuca
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Source of protein, minerals and trace elements
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13
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Flabellia
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Flabellia petiolata
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Source of high carbohydrate
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14
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Halimeda
  |
Halimeda tuna
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Source of high carbohydrate
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15
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Gelidium
  |
Gelidium sesquipedale
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Human food, Medicines, Industrial applications, Food ingredients etc.
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Gelidium abbottiorum
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Human food, Medicines, Industrial applications, Food ingredients, Personal care and Food Process aids etc.
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Gelidium anansii
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Human food, Medicines, Industrial applications, Food ingredients, Used for making agar agar
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Gelidium capense
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Medicines, Industrial applications, Food ingredients, Personal care and Food Process
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16
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Undaria
  |
Undaria pinnatifida
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Used in sea food products, Human food
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Undaria peterseniana
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Used as Human food
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17
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Porphyridium
  |
Porphyridium cruentum
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Production of polysaccharides, lipids, PUFAs
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18
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Monodus
  |
Monodus subterraneus
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Produces eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) an omega-3 unsaturated fatty acid.
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19
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Crypthecodinium
  |
Crypthecodinium cohnii
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Production of PUFA, Polysaccharide,
Supplement for infant dietary intake,
produces docosahexaenoic acids
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20
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Artemia
  |
Artemia salina
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Used as live larval food in aquaculture
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21
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Tetraselmis
  |
Tetraselmis suecica
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Used as mass-oil producing crop
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22
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Oscillatoria
  |
Oscillatoria limnetica
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Used in Pharmaceuticals,
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Oscillatoria salina
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Used as biofertilizers
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Oscillatoria laete-virens
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Used as biofertilizers
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Oscillatoria boryana
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Degradation and metabolisation of melaoidin pigment of distillery effluents
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23
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Microcystis
  |
Microcystis auruginosa
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Encouraged to grow in eel ponds. Besides giving out oxygen for eels, the plant has a very high nitrate demand and so absorbs pollution products from the pond.
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24
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Chaetomorpha
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Chaetomorpha antennia
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Cultivated for Chanos culture in brackishwater ponds. Consumed as food. Used for manufacture of a sweet meat.
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Chaetomorpha crassa
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Cultivated for Chanos culture in brackishwater ponds. Consumed as food. Used for manufacture of a sweet meat.
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25
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Apanothece
  |
Apanothece halophytica
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Produce glutamic acid, methionin, phenylalanine
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26
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Chlorella
  |
Chlorella vulgaris
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Food source, Production of other carotenoids such as lutein and canthaxanthin
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Chlorella ellipsoidea
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Used as food by human beings and for fish cultivation.
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Chlorella pyrenoidosa
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Used as food by human beings and for fish cultivation.
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27
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Cladophora
  |
Cladophora glomerata
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Oxidative stress tolerance, Limited cultivation in brackishwater fish ponds in Philippines by application of commercial fertilizers.
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28
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Enteromorpha
  |
Enteromorpha ahlneriana
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Oxidative stress tolerance, antioxidant
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Enteromorpha compressa
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Cultivated for Chanos culture in brackishwater ponds.
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