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NEET 2026
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NEET 2026 · Biology · Chapter

Agar, a commercial product extensively used to grow microbes and in...

Agar, a commercial product extensively used to grow microbes and in the preparation of ice-creams and jellies, is obtained from which of the following pairs of algae?

Options

  1. ALaminariaLaminaria and SargassumSargassum
  2. BGelidiumGelidium and GracilariaGracilaria
  3. CPorphyraPorphyra and PolysiphoniaPolysiphonia
  4. DChlorellaChlorella and SpirulinaSpirulina

Correct answer

B. GelidiumGelidium and GracilariaGracilaria

Step-by-step solution

Agar is a commercial product obtained from red algae (Rhodophyceae), specifically from the genera GelidiumGelidium and GracilariaGracilaria.

It is extensively used as a solidifying agent in culture media to grow microbes and in the food industry for the preparation of ice-creams and jellies.

LaminariaLaminaria and SargassumSargassum are brown algae that produce algin.

ChlorellaChlorella and SpirulinaSpirulina are unicellular organisms rich in proteins and are used as food supplements.

Answer: GelidiumGelidium and GracilariaGracilaria
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