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The Role of Porphyra in Sustainable Culture Systems: Physiology and Applications

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The genus Porphyra belongs to the division Rhodophyta, Class Bangiophyceae, Order Bangiales and Family Bangiaceae. It has a global distribution. The genus consists of more than 140 species and is the most speciose genera in the red algae (Yoshida et al., 1997; Silva, 1999; Brodie and Zuccarello, 2007). Porphyra is also one of the oldest red algae known. Fossils that closely resemble this genus were found in the 570 million-year-old Doushantuo formation in southern China (Graham and Wilcox, 2000). Butterfield (2000) estimates the lineage of the Order Bangiales to be at least 1.2 billion years old.

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Pereira, R., Yarish, C. (2010). The Role of Porphyra in Sustainable Culture Systems: Physiology and Applications. In: Seckbach, J., Einav, R., Israel, A. (eds) Seaweeds and their Role in Globally Changing Environments. Cellular Origin, Life in Extreme Habitats and Astrobiology, vol 15. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8569-6_19

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