Brock Biology of Microorganisms, MasteringMicrobiology with eText and Access Card (14th Edition)
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Red algae are also called “rhodophytes” comprise the organisms having both unicellular and multicellular type of body organization. Members of red algae are phototrophic in nature and contain “chlorophyll a and phycobiliproteins” in their chloroplast.
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