Heterokontophyta Flashcards
Algae in Chrysophyceae can be ______, _______ or ______
Unicellular, colonial, filamentous
Pigmentation of Chrysophyceae
Predominant pigments: fucoxanthin, Dinaxanthin, diadinoxanthin, b-carotene
Chlorophyll a and c (no b)
Pigments of Chrysophyceae are contained where?
Chloroplasts with outfoldings of nuclear membrane
Thylakoid structure in Chrysophyceae
Thylakoids within chloroplasts are grouped into 3’s with no granal stacks
Outer covering of Chrysophyceae
Vary: naked protoplasts, cells with ornate scales, closely attached walls or overlapping valves
Principle food reserved of Chrysophyceae
Carbohydrates
Asexual reproduction of Chrysophyceae is by means of
Binary fission, fragmentation or sporulation (zoospores or autospores) or testing spires (statospores)
Sexual reproduction in Chrysophyceae is usually ______ with ______ meiosis
Isogamous
Zygotic
Ochromonas sp.
-taxonomy
-habitat
-lifestyle
-structure
-appearance
Class Chrysophyceae
-planktonic or benthic in cold waters
-photo autotrophs or heterotrophs
-unicellular, naked forms
-2 dissimilar flagellae, parietal chloroplasts, eyespot and contractile vacuole
Synura
-taxonomy
-claim to fame
-lifestyle
-appearance
Class Chrysophyceae
-undesirable taste on drinking water
-motile, spherical colony
-biflagellate, taped towards the center of the colony
Dinobryon
-taxonomy
-lifestyle
-appearance
-what does it do
Class Chrysophyceae
-dendroid colony of Loricate cells. Each cell within the lorica is biflagellate.
-foul or fishy odour to water
Class Bacillariophyceae are known as?
Diatoms
Class Bacillariophyceae
Vegetative cells are typically ______ and ______
Unicellular
Non motile
Class Bacillariophyceae
The two overlapping valves (_____) are made of ______ with an organic coating and cover membrane-bound protoplasm
Frustules
Silica
Class Bacillariophyceae chloroplast structure
Vary from being several discoid chloroplasts per cell to single large Stellate or band-shaped structures
The predominant of carotenoid pigments in Class Bacillariophyceae imparts a ____________ to _________ appearance to the cells
Golden brown
Yellow green
Reproduction in Class Bacillariophyceae
-binary fission
-during mitosis, the two valves of the frustule separate, the protoplasm divides longitudinally and the innermost or hypothecal valve is replaced in each new daughter cell
-to compensate for this reduction, the cells periodically shed both of the valves, increase in sauce and synthesize two new valves.
The vegetative state of Class Bacillariophyceae is ______
Diploid
Sexual reproduction in Class Bacillariophyceae
Centric forms are oogamous and pennate forms are isogamous
Diatoms environment
-marine and freshwater
-planktonic and benthic
How is Class Bacillariophyceae divided
- Centrales or somewhat radial forms
- Pennales or elongate forms
Shapes determined from top of the valves (valve view). The side view is termed (girdle view)
Cyclotella sp.
-taxonomy
-type of diatom
Class Bacillariophyceae
Order Centrales
-centric diatoms
Melosira sp.
-taxonomy
-type of diatom
-appearance
Class Bacillariophyceae
Order Centrales
-centric
-chains of cells by failing to separate after cell division. Chains are joined at the valve tops, so the chain appears as rectangular cells in girdle view
Tabellaria sp.
-taxonomy
-type of diatom
-appearance
Class Bacillariophyceae
Order Pennales
-pennate
-joined at the corners of the cells to give the appearance of a long zig-zag chain