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Mannitol is the stored food in:

  1. A
    Porphyra
  2. B
    Fucus
  3. C
    Gracillaria
  4. D
    Chara

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Mannitol and laminarin are the characteristic storage carbohydrates in members of Phaeophyceae (brown algae). Fucus is a brown alga.Porphyra and Gracillaria: Red algae (Floridean starch).Chara: Green alga (Starch).

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Mannitol is the stored food in:
A
Porphyra
B
Fucus
C
Gracillaria
D
Chara

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