An alga which can be employed as food for human beings:
Ulothrix
Chlorella
Spirogyra
Polysiphonia
Chlorella, a unicellular alga rich in proteins, is used as a food supplement even by space travellers . Additionally, species of Porphyra, Laminaria, and Sargassum are mentioned as marine algae used as food .
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