Which of the following groups of algae produces algin?
Phaeophyceae and Chlorophyceae
Rhodophyceae and Phaeophyceae
Chlorophyceae and Rhodophyceae
Phaeophyceae only
D.
Phaeophyceae only
Alginic acid(or algin or alginate) is an anionic polysccharide distributed widely in the cell walls of many brown algae (Phaeophyceae). It is a phycocolloid which is obtained commercially from Laminaria, Macrocystis, Nereocystis, Fucus, Sagrassum etc.