The cell wall of Rhodophyceae is composed of:
Cellulose only
Cellulose and pectin
Cellulose and algin
Cellulose and sulfated phycocolloids
Related Questions
Reserve food in Rhodophyceae is?
Oil droplets
Mannitol
Floridean starch
Pyrenoids
The unique pit connections found between adjacent cells in Rhodophyceae are primarily composed of what material?
Protein
Cellulose
Silica
Calcium Carbonate
Which of the following vitamin-function pairs is INCORRECT?
Vitamin A - Vision
Vitamin C - Collagen synthesis
Vitamin D - Calcium absorption
Vitamin K - Oxygen transport
Rhodophycean cell walls are composed of which two main components?
Cellulose and lignin
Chitin and peptidoglycan
Cellulose and sulfated phycocolloids
Starch and algin
Chlorophyll-a, chlorophyll-d and phycoerythrin are characteristics of class
Phaeophyceae
Xanthophyceae
Chlorophyceae
Rhodophyceae
Agar-agar is obtained from
Chlorella
Spirogyra
Ulothrix
Gelidium
Which of the following is the primary photosynthetic pigment in Rhodophyceae?
Chlorophyll a
Chlorophyll b
Carotenoids
Phycoerythrin
Which of these algae are commonly known as red algae?
Chlorophyceae
Phaeophyceae
Rhodophyceae
Cyanophyceae
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
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
