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 Cyanobacteria |
Prokaryoyotes
Pigments: Chlorophyll a, Phycobilins (red and Blue) Photosynthesize, produce O2 May fix N2 in heterocysts Recombination but no mitosis, Meiosis No flagellae but some move Ecology Ponds, oceans, hotwater |
 Prochlorophytes |
Prokaryotes
Pigments: chlorophyll a,b, No phycobilins(red and blue) |
 Chlorophyta (green Algae) |
Unicells, fillament, sheets, colonies, sphere, stars
Freshwater, marine, wet films, symbionts Pigments: Chl a,b, carotenoids Store food as starch Cell walls: cellulose Sexual and asexual reproduction Variations a. Unicellular Motile:chlamydomonas, chlorella Desmids: star shaped or crescent shape Acetabularia b. Filamentous Spirogyra Oedogonium hydrodietyon c. Colonial (multicelluar) Ulva Volvox d. Coenocytic Codium |
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Phylum Chromophyta (Kingdom chromista)
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Features in Common
a.Chlorophll a, Carentoids, xanthophylls b. Store food as oils or carbohydrates laminarin c. Hiarlike projections on flagellum |
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Phylum Chromophyta
Xanthophyceae: yellow-green algae |
A. Freshwater unicells
b. flagellae point opposite directions |
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Phylum Chromophyta
Chrysophyceae: Golden-brown algae |
A. Freshwater planktonic unicells
b. flagellae at right angles c. eyespot on a flagellum |
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Phylum Chromophyta
Bacillariophyceae: Diatoms |
Unicelled, diploid
Centric (circular), pennate (elongated) frustule of perctins with silica Cell division Chlorophylls a, c, fucoxanthin Asexual reproduction Ecology: Primary producer Oil stores Diatomaccous earth |
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Phylum Chromophyta
Phacophyceae Brown Algae |
Multicellular, diploid
Holdfast, stipe blade fucoxanthin Examples: Laminaria Nereocystic (bullwhip kelp) Fucus (rock weed) Sargassum Products: Algin |
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Phodophyta: Red algae
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Multicellular
Filaments or packed into thalh (?) Complex life cycles -3 generations Chlorophylls a, d, phycobilins Storage products + floridean starch Agar, Caragheenan |
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Rhodophyta: Red algae
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Multicellular
Filaments or packed into thalh (?) Complex life cycles -3 generations Chlorophylls a, d, phycobilins Storage products + floridean starch Agar, Caragheenan |
 Euglenophyta: Euglenas |
Elongated unicell with felxivle pellicle
Food groove Chloroplasts or not One flagellem has hair fringe, other has eyespot |
 Dinophyta: Dinoflagellates |
Covered with cellulose plates
Two flagellae Many have chlorophylls a,c, xanthophylls lots of condensed DNA Bioluminescent Ecology: Warm marine Red tides |
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Pryhmnesiophyta: Haptophytes
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Small unicells with 3 flagellae
3rd flagellum +for food capture Chromophyte pigments: Chlorophyll a, carotenoids, xanthophylls most covered with calcified plates Ecology: Plantonic marine |
 Charophyta: Stoneworts |
Slender stalk with whorls of branches
Green algal pigments: Chlorophylls a,b Often calcified surfaces carotenoids |
