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Food is stored as floridean starch in Rhodophyceae. Mannitol is the reserve food material of which group of algae?

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The members of Phaeophyceae (brown algae) store mannitol as a reserve food material

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Q. Consider the following statements regarding the major pigments and stored food in the different groups of algae and select the correct options given.
A) In Chlorophyceae, the stored food material is starch and the major pigments are chlorophyll a and b.
B) In Phaeophyceae, laminarin is the stored food and major pigments are chlorophyll a and b.
C) In Rhodophyceae, floridean starch is the stored food and the major pigments are chlorophyll a, d and phycoerythrin.

Q. Which of the following algae contains mannitol as reserve food material?

Q. Pick the option which includes all the correct statements from the following.

A. Chlorophyceae: Chlorophyll a and chlorophyll c pigments, starch-stored as food, asexual reproduction by zoospores.

B. Phaeophyceae: Fucoxanthin pigment, mannitol-stored as food, pear-shaped zoospores with 2, unequal sized apical flagella.

C. Rhodophyceae: Phycoerythrin pigment, floridean starch, reproduction by non-motile spore.

Q. Floridean starch is stored food material of:

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