Certain marine brown algae contain algin, which is commercially important. Algin is a type of:
Carrageenan
Agar
Floridean starch
Phycocolloid
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(A): Algin is obtained from algae
(R): Vinblastin is a secondary metabolite.
both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is not the correct explanation of (A)
(A) is true but (R) is false
both (A) and (R) are false.
The stored food material in Phaeophyceae is:
Starch
Mannitol and Laminarin
Floridean Starch
Paramylon
Which of the following algae produce Carrageen?
Red algae
Blue-green algae
Green algae
Brown algae
Which of the following is a unicellular alga?
Chlamydomonas
Spirogyra
Volvox
Fucus
Which of the given algae produces isogametes?
Cladophora
Fucus
Volvox
Chara
A commercial product agar is produced by
Ectocarpus
Gelidium
Laminaria
Chlorella
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of Chlorophyceae?
Presence of chlorophyll a and b
Storage food as starch
Presence of phycobilins
Mostly freshwater
People recovering from long illness are often advised to include the alga Spirulina in their diet because it
Makes the food easy to digest
Is rich in proteins
Has antibiotic properties
Restores the intestinal microflora
Kelp in the following is
Laminaria
Volvox
Lycopodium
Adiantum
Algae are also found in association with
Fungi
Lichen
Sloth bear
Both (a) and (c )
