{"id":36996,"date":"2020-08-14T07:42:54","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T07:42:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=36996"},"modified":"2022-04-12T07:12:27","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T07:12:27","slug":"algae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/algae\/","title":{"rendered":"Algae"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A heterogeneous (i.e., widely varying) group of photosynthetic plants, ranging from microscopic single-cell forms to multicellular, very large forms such as seaweed. All of them contain chlorophyll and hence most are green, but some of them may be different colors due to the presence of other, overshadowing pigments.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A group of simple aquatic plants that range in size from microscopic to fronds hundreds of feet in length.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Photosynthetic organisms of several phyla in the kingdom Protista. 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