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Brown algae is characterised by the presence of

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  • fucoxanthin
  • haematochrome
  • Citrus-adventive embryon
  • phycoerythrin.
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Brown algae are the members of the class phaeophyceae. Their chromatopores are ellipsoidal or discoid. They contain chlorophyll a, chi c, (i- and c- carotenes and xanthophyll pigments (e.g., lutein, flavoxanthin, violaxanthin). They also contain large amount of a brown pigment - fucoxanthin which masks the green colour of chlorophyll pigment. This gives characteristic brown colour to these plants, hence the name brown algae. The non-motile resting spores of Chlamydomonas contain a red pigment called hematochrome. phycocyanin and phycoerythrin are water soluble pigments found in red and blue-green algae.
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