Which of the following statements is false?
algae are used to make many commercial products, like marshmallows and paint.
algae can be used as fertilizer.
algae can be used to make a polishing substance.
algae contributes to the phosphorus cycle.

The correct answer would be Algae contributes to the phosphorus cycle.

Algae refer to the diverse group of non-flowering photosynthetic eukaryotic organisms which belong to the kingdom Protista.

They serve numerous commercial or industrial uses such as used as soil fertilizers, used in wastewater treatment, production of industrial products such as fuel, food, medicines, animal feed et cetera.

However, they are not used in the phosphorus cycle. Instead, soil bacteria help in breaking down organic compounds into the inorganic form of phosphorus in the soil.

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many phylogenetic trees have a single lineage at the base representing a common ancestor. a lineage that evolved early from the root and remains unbranched is called basal taxon. when two lineages stem from the same branch point, they are called sister taxa.

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