Algae Flashcards
What are algae
Autotrophic, thalloid, non-flowering and non-vascular plants.
The study of algae is called
Phycology
Who gave name algae
Carolous Linnaeus
Algae are generally found in _ habitat
aquatic habitat (majority in marine water, some in fresh water, rarely terrestrial)
Examples of unicellular algae
Chlorella, Chlamydomonas
Examples of multicellular algae
Ulva, Porphyra
Reproduction methods in algae
Vegetative, sexual and asexual
Most common method of reproduction for algae
Vegetative. By fragmentation.
Sexual reproduction by
isogamy, anisogamy and oogamy
Examples of algae:
Spirogyra, Chlorella, Chlamydomonas, Ulva, Laminaria
Who classified algae? Into how many classes
F.E Fritsch. Into 11 classes
Classes of algae based on
pigmentation, reserved food, flagellation
Chlorophyceae aka?
Green algae
Chlorophyceae are _ algae
eukaryotic
chloroplast of Chlorophyceae is
agranular
Chlorophyceae are green due to
presence of chl-a and chl-b
Phaeophyceae aka?
Brown Algae
Phaeophyceae are _ and _ rich.
fucoxanthin and phycocolloid
Phaeophyceae are _ algae
multicellular, eukaryotic
Phaeophyceae are brown due to
brown pigment fucoxanthin
Rhodophyceae aka?
Red algae
Rhodophyceae are _ containing
phycobillins
Rhodophyceae are _ algae
eukaryotic
Rhodophyceae are red due to
presence of phycobillins:
r-pycoerythrine (red pigment) and r-phycocynin (blue pigment)
