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Microalgae, a Biological Resource for the Future

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People often speak of the seas as being blue, but the blue color of the oceans is said to be the result of the water’s depth and various physical factors. A beautiful sea is a deep shade of indigo, but not all seas are blue. We see different colors ranging from green to brown, which are the result of phytoplankton in the water. The term plankton refers to floating organisms that drift with the water’s currents, encompassing the two categories of phytoplankton and zooplankton. Phytoplankton consists of single-cell algae that belong, like green plants on land, to the category of primary producers, generating cells and energy through photosynthesis .

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Kim, SK. (2019). Microalgae, a Biological Resource for the Future. In: Essentials of Marine Biotechnology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20944-5_7

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