Algae

From CreationWiki, the encyclopedia of creation science

Algae
Scientific Classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Phyla
Kingdom: Protista Heterokontophyta (Brown algae) Ochrophyta (Brown algae) Rhodophyta (Red algae) Kingdom: Plantae Chlorophyta (Green algae) Charophyta (Green algae)

Algae is the common name for aquatic, photosynthetic organisms from the taxonomic kingdoms Protista or Plantae. It is one of the most imporatant organism alive today because not only is algae responsible for much of the Earth's oxygen, they are also food for almost all other aquatic life and an original source of petroleum products.

Giant Kelp - (Macrocystis pyrifera)

References

See Also

• Microbiology
• Plants
• Ocean
• Creationism

v • d • e Biology Feature articles Animals · Anatomy · Baraminology · Biotechnology · Evolution · Systems · Cell biology · Disease · Ecology · Epidemiology · Entomology · Fungi · Genetics · Herpetology · Metabolism · Medicine · Microscopy · News · Plants · Physiology · Protist · Reproduction · Scientists · Symbiosis · Taxonomy · Trophic level · Zoology Categories · Portal