In the life cycle of Polysiphonia, a complex Rhodophycean alga, what unique characteristic distinguishes it from most other algal groups?
Presence of a dominant sporophyte generation
Lack of motile gametes
Three multicellular phases: carposporophyte, tetrasporophyte, and gametophyte
Production of non-motile spores
Related Questions
Agar-agar is obtained from
Chlorella
Spirogyra
Ulothrix
Gelidium
Carrageen is mainly produced by members of
Red algae
Blue green algae
Brown algae
Green algae
Consider the following statements
I. Agar, one of the commercial products obtained from Gelidium and Gracilaria are used to grow microbes and in preparations of ice-creams and jellies
II. Chlorella and Spirogyra are used in sewage disposal ponds
III. Some species of marine algae like Porphyra,Laminaria and Sargassum are used as food
Which of the statements given above are correct?
I and II
I and III
II and III
I, II and III
The stored food material in Rhodophyceae is:
Starch
Laminarin
Mannitol
Floridean starch
Reserve food in Rhodophyceae is?
Oil droplets
Mannitol
Floridean starch
Pyrenoids
Which of the given is a red alga?
Chara
Volvox
Polysiphonia
Ulothrix
Identify the mismatched pair relating a vitamin to its deficiency disease.
Vitamin C - Scurvy
Vitamin D - Rickets
Vitamin K - Night blindness
Vitamin B1 - Beriberi
The cell wall of Rhodophyceae is composed of:
Cellulose only
Cellulose and pectin
Cellulose and algin
Cellulose and sulfated phycocolloids
Consider the following statements
I. In red algae vegetative reproduction takes place by fragmentation
II. In red algae the food is stored as floridean starch, which is very similar to amylopectin and glycogen is structure
III. Cell wall of red algae consists of chitin
Which of the statements given above are correct?
I only
I and II
II and III
I, II and III
Chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-d and phycoerythrin are characteristics of class
Phaeophyceae
Xanthophyceae
Chlorophyceae
Rhodophyceae