Abstract
As defined in the broadest sense, algae are oxygen-generating, photosynthetic organisms other than embryophyte land plants and lichens (Cavalier-Smith, T. 2007. Evolution and relationships of algae: major branches of the tree of life. In Unravelling the algae: the past, present and future of algal systematics, eds. Brodie, J. and Lewis J, pp. 21–55. CRC Press. The Systematics Association Special Volume 75). They are an artificial and highly heterogeneous aggregation of organisms belonging to many different evolutionary lineages, and therefore highly diverse from a genetic point of view. This genetic diversity is reflected in the huge diversity exhibited by algae in terms of morphological, ultrastructural, ecological, biochemical, and physiological traits.
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The authors are very grateful to the Marine Institute (Ireland) for financial support received under the Beaufort Award, within the framework of the Marine Biodiscovery Program and the Marine Functional Foods Research Initiative (NutraMara project).
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Rindi, F., Soler-Vila, A., Guiry, M.D. (2012). Taxonomy of Marine Macroalgae Used as Sources of Bioactive Compounds. In: Hayes, M. (eds) Marine Bioactive Compounds. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1247-2_1
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