Question:

Mannitol is reserve food in

Updated On: Sep 3, 2024
  • Rhodophyceae

  • Chlorophyceae
  • Phaeophyceae
  • Xanthophyceae
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The Correct Option is C

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Class Phaeophyceae includes brown algae Brown algae are marine plants. Chief pigments found in the members of this class are chloropyll $a$ and $c$ $\beta$-carotene, violaxanthin, fucoxanthin, lutein, diatoxanthin. Reserve food is laminarin, mannitol and oils.
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The Correct option is (C): Phaeophyceae

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  • Phaeophyceae are known as brown algae as they are brown in color.
  • They are brown in color due to the presence of the pigment fucoxanthin in addition to chlorophyll pigments.
  • The food is stored in the form of starch in this type of algae.
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Kingdom Monera

Characteristics of Monera Kingdom

The organisms in this kingdom have the following characteristics: -

  • Monerans are single-celled creatures.
  • The cell wall is made up of peptidoglycan and is stiff.
  • Binary fission is asexual reproduction.
  • They have 70S ribosomes in them.
  • The locomotory organ is the flagella.
  • Organelles such as mitochondria, lys
  • osomes, plastids, Golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, centrosome, and others are not present.
  • These are decomposers and mineralizers for the environment
Kingdom Monera