Which of the following is NOT a characteristic feature of Rhodophyceae?
Presence of phycoerythrin
Absence of flagella
Floridean starch as reserve food
Presence of flagella
Related Questions
Which one is wrongly matched ?
Unicellular organism - Chlorella
Uniflagellate - Polysiphonia
Gemma cups - Marchantia
Bitlagellate zoospores - Brown algae
From which of the following algae, agar-agar is commercially extracted?
I. Gracilaria II. Fucus
III. Sargassum IV. Gelidium
V. Turbinaria
III and V
II and III
IV and V
I and IV
Which of the following vitamin-function pairs is INCORRECT?
Vitamin A - Vision
Vitamin C - Collagen synthesis
Vitamin D - Calcium absorption
Vitamin K - Oxygen transport
Porphyra is a?
Red algae
Brown algae
Green algae
Yellow – green algae
Pigment that is predominant in red algae
Fucoxanthin
Phycocyanin
Phycoerythrin
Chlorophyll d
Which of the following is the stored food material in Rhodophyceae?
Starch
Laminarin
Mannitol
Floridean starch
Which specific phycocolloid found in Rhodophyceae contributes significantly to its characteristic red color and exhibits fluorescence?
Phycocyanin
Phycoerythrin
Carrageenan
Fucoxanthin
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
Rhodophytes are commonly called as
Blue-green algae
Red algae
Brown algae
Green algae
Fucoxanthin and R-Phycoerythrin are found in the following classes of algae respectively
Cyanobacteria and Chlorophyceae
Chlorophyceae and Rhodophyceae
Phaeophyceae and Rhodophyceae
Rhodophyceae and Chlorophyceae
