TaxonomyRhodophyta
old name
Gelidium concinnum
new name
Gelidium micropterum
USE: Gelidium concinnum
REFERENCES: It plays an important role in the sustainability of marine ecosystems and carbon sequestration. Economically, seaweed has high potential in the blue economy of the country. Among the various uses, seaweed is the natural source of phycocolloids, which is a gelatinous substrate with high commercial potential. Agar-agar is one of the most important phycocolloids and widely used in industries and biochemical laboratories.
