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Caption : contents of pigment r-phycoerythrin (r-pe) and r-phycocyanin (r-pc) with 10-50% ammonium sulphate precipitation.

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Caption : e. coli grown in  nutrient broth supplemented with commercial agar and agar extracted from different agarophytes. a, 1.5% bacto agar, b, 1.5% g. dura agar, c, 0.75% g. acerosa agar , d, 0.75% g. pusillum agar.

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Caption : hplc chromatogram of a) standard glucose, b) algal hydrolysate (36 h), c) whatmann filter paper hydrolysate (36 h) and d) whatmann filter paper hydrolysate (60 h).