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brown algae See Phaeophyta.

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	Hormophysa cuneiformis (Phaeophyta: Fucales) in Micronesia (1). Magazine article from: Pacific Science; 1/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Pagan Island in the Northern Mariana Islands by R. Rechebei and was reported in a floristic account of the Chlorophyta and Phaeophyta of the Northern Mariana Islands in 1977. Specimens of this large and conspicuous brown alga have not been reported previously...
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	Korean seaweed extracts show antiviral activity. Newspaper article from: Drug Week; 3/21/2003; 531 words ; ...study from South Korea. "One of four Chlorophyta, 8 of 17 Phaeophyta and 6 of 26 Rhodophyta showed inhibitory activity against...Sargassum hemiphyllum, Sargassum ringgoldianum) belonging to Phaeophyta" were active against "the 3'-processing activity of HIV...
	Korean seaweed extracts show antiviral activity.(Brief Article) Newspaper article from: AIDS Weekly; 3/17/2003; 700+ words ; ...study from South Korea. "One of four Chlorophyta, 8 of 17 Phaeophyta and 6 of 26 Rhodophyta showed inhibitory activity against...Sargassum hemiphyllum, Sargassum ringgoldianum) belonging to Phaeophyta" were active against "the 3'-processing activity of HIV...
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	Research on environmental geology published by scientists at Oregon State University. Newspaper article from: Ecology, Environment & Conservation; 8/29/2008; 611 words ; ...Enteromorpha compressa, and Caulerpa racemosa species), Phaeophyta-brown seaweeds (Padina boryana, Turbinaria elatensis...marine algal divisions was in the order of Chlorophyta > Phaeophyta > Rhodophyta. These heavy metals were several order...
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