These mostly fresh water algae include the diatoms, the source of diatomaceous earth. These multicellular seaweeds include the kelps. These multicellular algae are used for agar and carrageenan. These organisms are classified by what they are not. The chytrids have a single flagellum and cell walls made of chitin.
Some slime molds are cellular and some are acellular.
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