BVP Medical BVP Medical Solved Paper-2015

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    From which of the following algae, the agar-agar is commercially extracted?
    I. Gracillaria
    II. Fucus
    III. Sargassum
    IV. Gelidium
    V. Turbmalia

    A)  III and V            

    B)  II and III

    C)  IV and V             

    D)  I and IV

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                     Agar-agar is commercially extracted from the red  algae or rhodophyta. Cell wall of there algae possess  cellulose pectic  compounds  and certain-muco -polysaccharide called phycocollids. Red algae like -Gelidium, Gracillatia, Ceramium, Chondrus produces agar-agar of commercial use.


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