Uses of Algae

ALGAE

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